Talk:Dual Contracts
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[edit] Planning of the lines
- March-May 1905: plans adopted for many lines including Manhattan Bridge, Lafayette Avenue, and Fourth Avenue
- April-October 1905: Brooklyn IRT redesigned with provisions for Manhattan Bridge, Lafayette Avenue, and Fourth Avenue
- 1907-1908: Fourth Avenue Line moved from Flatbush Avenue to Ashland Place to allow for non-IRT operation; junction included for Lafayette Avenue
- May 1908: Brooklyn IRT opens
- November 1909: ground broken for the Fourth Avenue/Manhattan Bridge Line in Flatbush Avenue Extension
- March 1911: possibly the first proposal to use the junction for the Brighton Line
--NE2 02:08, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
It appears that the initial plan for the Triborough System included essentially the West End Line: [1] --NE2 14:47, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Route numbers
- 4 Seventh-Eighth (used for Broadway between 23rd and 42nd and Seventh to 59th; also at least part of Seventh to the Battery)
- 5 Broadway-Lexington Avenue (used for Broadway Line south of 11th Street and Lexington Avenue Line)
- 9 Brooklyn and Manhattan Loop Lines (Nassau Street)
- 10 Brooklyn, Manhattan and Long Island City Route
- 11 Fourth Avenue
- 15 Jerome subway with connection to el through 162nd Street (used for Ninth Avenue El extension)
- 16 Jerome elevated, 157th (or Clarke?) to Woodlawn
- 17 Gerard subway (unused)
- 18 White Plains Road
- 19/22 Pelham?, 138th to Bancroft (165th)
- 23 River Avenue Route (used instead of 17)
- 26 (used)
- 33 Montague Street Tunnel; Whitehall Street
- 36 Broadway between 11th and 23rd?, 59th, Woodside?, Astoria?
- 37 Woodside?, Astoria?
- 38 (used for part of Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line)
- 39 New Utrecht
- 41 Eastern District
- 43 (used)
- 45 Broad Street
- 46 Flatbush, St. Felix, and Fulton
- 48 Clark Street Tunnel, Park Place
- 49 Gravesend
- 50 Steinway Tunnel, Queensboro Plaza
