Archer Avenue lines: Difference between revisions

The Archer Avenue subway's groundbreaking took place on August 15, 1972, at Archer Avenue and 151st Street. The first section of the line to be built was between 147th Place and 151st Street under Archer Avenue. $162 million of the $242 million project was paid for by the city, with the state footing the remainder of the bill.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=|title=Something big under Archer Avenue–a subway|last=McCallum|first=Ann|date=February 3, 1974|work=Long Island Press|access-date=|page=9}}</ref> Construction on the Archer Avenue subway began on October 23, 1973, at 159th Street and Beaver Road, just south of Archer Avenue, paving the way for the southeast Queens subway line and the demolition of the [[BMT Jamaica Line|Jamaica Avenue Elevated]] from 129th Street to the [[168th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)|168th Street]] terminal. It was then expected that the subway would be complete by 1980 or 1981.<ref name="NYTimes-ArcherGrndbk-Oct1973">{{cite news|last1=Burks|first1=Edward C.|title=Work Begun on Queens Subway Extension|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1973/10/24/80809618.pdf|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|accessdate=September 26, 2015|date=October 24, 1973}}</ref> On September 10, 1977, the Jamaica elevated was cutbackcut back from 168th Street to [[Queens Boulevard station|Queens Boulevard]], closing these twothe stations andat the168th station atstreet, [[160th Street station|160th Street]], and [[Sutphin Boulevard (BMT Jamaica Line)|Sutphin Boulevard]].<ref name=NYTImes-BMTJamaica-Sentimental-1977 /> It had taken 12 to 15 months to transfer equipment and shift the terminal. Q49 buses replaced Jamaica elevated service. The removal of the elevated's frame was expected to take six to eight months.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news|url=|title=Hillside IND link may wait until '84|last=Bass|first=Elizabeth|date=August 16, 1976|work=Long Island Press|access-date=}}</ref> Demolition on this section was expected to begin early in 1978.<ref name=":7" />