Gall Zeidler Consultants developed conceptual designs of construction methods for the extension of the existing No. 7 Subway (Flushing) Line from Times Square Station to 26th Street and 11th Avenue with a Terminal Station at 34th Street and 11th Avenue. The design included access tunnels, Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) assembly and disassembly chambers, station caverns, tunnels and shafts.
Conceptual Tunnel Designs:
The designs required approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) of TBM-driven running tunnels and two large-span station caverns measuring 60 feet (18 meters) and 100 feet (30.5 meters) wide, respectively. Each measures approximately 1,000 feet (305 meters) long with access and egress tunnels (escalator, ventilation, etc.) designed using the Sequential Excavation Method (SEM).