The Insanely Expensive Second Avenue Subway Explained

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The boring machine, nicknamed "Adi," sits in the southbound tunnel at 96th Street, 2011. (Jake Dobkin/Gothamist)

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Empty platform at 96th Street, days before the Second Avenue Subway is expected to open. (Gretchen Robinette/Gothamist)

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The face of "Adi." (Jake Dobkin/Gothamist)

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Excavation site for 72nd Street station, 2012. (MTA)

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Second Avenue Subway Groundbreaking, 10/27/1972; NYCTA Photograph Unit Collection. (Courtesy of New York Transit Museum)

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Structural supports line the walls of the northbound tunnel, 2012. (Jake Dobkin/Gothamist)

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Workers in the tunnel at 86th Street, 2013. (Evan Bindelglass/Gothamist)

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Digging at the 86th Street tunnel, 2013. (Evan Bindelglass/Gothamist)

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Northbound tunnel at 86th Street, 2013. (Evan Bindelglass/Gothamist)

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72nd Street station, 2013. (Patrick Cashin/MTA)

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Nearly finished tunnel, 2015. (Christian Hansen/Gothamist)

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Stairwells under construction at 86th Street, 2015. (Christian Hansen/Gothamist)

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Glass pavilion over 96th Street station. (Gretchen Robinette/Gothamist)

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Onwards and upwards.(Gretchen Robinette/Gothamist)

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