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Wikipedia: The Queens-Midtown Tunnel (sometimes simply known as the Midtown Tunnel) is a toll road in New York City. It crosses under the East River and connects the Borough of Queens on Long Island with the Borough of Manhattan . Designed by Ole Singstad, it was opened to traffic in 1940. The tunnel consists of twin tubes carrying an aggregate of four traffic lanes, and is 1,955 m long. It once carried New York State Route 24. From March 16, 2008, the crossing charge for a two-axle passenger vehicle is $5.00 charged in each direction, with an 85ยข discount for E-ZPass users. The crossing charge for a motorcycle is $2.25 charged in each direction, with a discount to $1.81 for E-ZPass users. The tunnel is owned by the City of New York and operated by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority .In the 1997 feature film Men in Black, Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith star in a scene in which their Ford LTD car overturns to ride on the ceiling of the tunnel. The tunnel is closed to traffic one night each spring to allow for the annual Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Animal Walk. Several nights before the circus opens at Madison Square Garden, the elephants march into Manhattan and down 34th Street to the arena. In 2007, the circus opened on Saturday, March 31 and the Animal Walk took place at approximately midnight on Tuesday, March 27. While this event is a much anticipated annual tradition for some, in recent years it has attracted organizations protesting the treatment of the circus animals.
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