The accidental puncture came at around 12:30 p.m A heavy leak sprang in the south tube on the queens side of the midtown tunnel earlier this month, dousing cars below An underwater tunnel that passes beneath new york city’s east river sprung a shock leak on wednesday after a city contractor mistakenly drilled a hole through it, sending streams of water into. The queens midtown tunnel has fully reopened late afternoon wednesday after a leak temporarily closed it in both directions.
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