$10B Midtown Manhattan Bus Terminal Hits Significant Construction Milestone
NEW YORK—The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reported on April 28 that placement of the first steel beams to support the Dyer Avenue deck overs had begun, marking a significant milestone in the bi-state agency’s $10-billion Midtown Bus Terminal Replacement project.
The deck-over space will temporarily support bus operations during construction of a new bus terminal, after which they will be converted into publicly accessible open green space, which is one of several significant benefits promised to the surrounding community through the redevelopment project.
“After decades of fits and starts over plans for a new bus terminal, we finally get to see the placement of the first steel girders that will not only support the construction of a new world-class terminal but will deliver much-needed public open space to this community,” said Port Authority Executive Director Kathryn Garcia. “We are literally creating new real estate in the middle of Manhattan and a great community amenity for the city’s future.”
Steel construction comes almost a year after the agency broke ground on the Dyer Avenue deck-overs, which will consist of two decks built over below-grade portions of Dyer Avenue and the Lincoln Tunnel Expressway between West 37th and West 38th streets and between West 38th and West 39th streets. It will serve as a bus staging and operations area during construction of the main terminal and later be transformed into 3.5 acres of new publicly accessible open green space after construction of the new bus terminal is complete.
The deck-overs will be supported by 139 steel girders, weighing between 60,000 and 80,000 pounds each, and measuring up to 81 feet in length to span the below-grade roadways. The steel has been fabricated at facilities in Olean, N&, as well as in South Carolina and Delaware. Each beam is painted in Millville, NJ and is trucked into Manhattan over the George Washington Bridge, traveling down Broadway and Ninth Avenue for delivery to the site. After steel is lifted and placed, pre-cast concrete decking will be placed on top.
To facilitate the delivery and installation of steel, the Port Authority has enacted overnight closures of the Lincoln Tunnel Expressway, with New Jersey bound travel diverted to 10th and 11th Avenues for access to the tunnel between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, continuing into August.
Construction of the Dyer Avenue deck overs are a component of the first phase of the bus terminal replacement project, which also includes construction of a staging and storage facility and a structure containing new ramps leading to and from the Lincoln Tunnel. Phase 1 will be complete in 2030, when construction of the second phase will begin. Phase 2, including the demolition of the existing terminal and the construction of a new bus terminal in the same location, will be complete in 2035.
Published: May 26, 2026.