Andrew Burton/Getty Images The Hugh L. Carey Brooklyn Battery Tunnel filled with seawater as the storm pounded ashore on Oct. 29.The Hugh L. Carey Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, last of the city's major crossings to remain closed to motorists in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, will open one lane to general traffic at 4 p.m. today for rush-hour travelers, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said this afternoon.
BREAKING: Hugh L. Carey #tunnel will open add. lane @ 4PM TODAY for car traffic in peak directions #rushhour #Brooklyn-Battery
- Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) November 13, 2012
On the nigh t of Oct. 29, the tunnel, which has no gates or plugs to block water at its entrances, simply filled up with the Hudson and East Rivers â€" nearly 100 million gallons worth â€" and carried their waters onto the streets of Brooklyn.
The tunnel, typically used by 50,000 vehicles a day, reopened to express buses on Monday. One of its tubes is open but the other will remain closed for weeks, Mr. Cuomo said.
Also on Tuesday, the city Department of Transportation announced that the Battery Park underpass at the bottom of Manhattan, which links the West Side Highway and the F.D.R. Drive on the island's east side, will reopen to all vehicles eastbound tomorrow morning and to buses westbound this afternoon.
Justin Lane/European Pressphoto Agency A truck lay submerged at the entrance to the Battery Park underpass on Oct. 31.
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