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that s kind of what happens when you have water infiltrating. how deep under the hudson does it go? 100 feet. during hurricane sandy, this whole thing was flooded out. manhattan was essentially cutoff from the rest of the continent in terms of rail travel. bring me back. in addition to the buckling concrete, the electric cables are failing and sometimes they even explode. contained in this wall here are two high voltage transmission cables. they re 12,000 volt transmission cables. if water gets into those transmission cables, you could be a blowout, and we did here. every single day multiple times a day, you re dealing with things that could potentially shutdown traffic into new york city. that s our job. does it piss anybody off that that s the way it is? i wouldn t say use that language. sometimes it s stressful for us to maintain this. i think frustration.
though work is underway to improve and expand the concourse tunnel, the rail tunnel between new york and new jersey is in desperate shape. it was completed in 1910. and while crews have been patching it for years, it really needs a major overhaul. approximately 200,000 passengers travel through this tunnel every day. if there is a catastrophic failure, the death toll could be significant. we re going from new jersey to new york. these engineers at amtrak are taking me on a guided tour of what s considered to be one of the most pressing infrastructure problems in the u.s. if you look up, you see all the ice? that s water. water leaks. so all that ice is coming down from the road? yeah. that s kind of what happens when you have water infiltrating.
all the ice is coming from the road? yeah, that s from the road because we are not under the river yet, but that s kind of what happens when you have water infiltrating. how far under the hudson does it go? approximately 100 feet. during hurricane sandy, this was flooded out. the entire tunnel was flooded out. joining me now are the co-hosts of american swamp, jacob and katy tur. i am so excited to see you. i have not seen you i have, you know, been sitting in your chair and we miss you very much. it s my debut on casey d.c. i had you on one other time. let s talk about tonight s episode, katy. what are you looking at we have heard so much about it,
watch this real quick, chris. so, right now we re going from new jersey into new york city. that s the direction we re going. correct, yes. reporter: sal rendino and mike are engineers at amtrak, taking me on a guided tour of what s considered to be one of the most pressing infrastructure problems in the u.s. if you look up, you see all the ice? that s all the water. all the water leaks. so, all that ice is coming down from the road? yeah, that s from the road because we re not under the river yet, but that s kind of what happens, when you have water infiltrating. how deep under the muhudson does it go? approximately 100 feet. during hurricane sandy, this was flooded out? the tunnel was flooded out. manhattan was essentially cut off from the rest of the continent in terms of rail trail. bring me back. reporter: in addition to the buckling concrete, the electric cables are failing, and sometimes they even explode. contained in this bench wall here are two h