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|caption= A stretch of the Porter Tunnel, with routes to [[Staunton Island]] and [[Shoreside Vale]] visible.
|caption= A stretch of the Porter Tunnel, with routes to [[Staunton Island]] and [[Shoreside Vale]] visible.
|games = [[Grand Theft Auto III]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]
|game_1 = GTA III
|game_2 = GTA Liberty City Stories
|location = [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Citywide]]
|location = [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Citywide]]
|use = Transportation.
|use = Transportation.
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The '''Porter Tunnel''' is a major road tunnel system in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]], and doesn't seem to be based on any major road tunnels. It appears in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]], but does not appear in [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]], since the game is viewed from a [[Top-Down Perspective|top-down perspective]].
The '''Porter Tunnel''' is the major road tunnel system in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]], possibly based on the [[wp:Holland Tunnel|Holland Tunnel]], [[wp:Lincoln Tunnel|Lincoln Tunnel]] or the [[wp:Big Dig (Boston, Massachusetts)|Big Dig]], located in [[wp:Boston|Boston]]. It appears in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]], but does not appear in [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]], since the game is viewed from a [[Top-Down Perspective|top-down perspective]].


== Description ==
== Description ==
The Porter Tunnel is primarily a four lane underground and underwater road tunnel (the [[Staunton Island]] exit consists of only one lane for each direction), which connects all boroughs in Liberty City: [[Portland]] via [[Harwood]], Staunton Island via [[Rockford]], and [[Shoreside Vale]] via [[Francis International Airport, Shoreside Vale|Francis International Airport]] and [[Wichita Gardens]].
The Porter Tunnel is primarily a four lane underground and underwater road tunnel (the [[Staunton Island]] exit consists of only one lane for each direction), which connects all boroughs in Liberty City: [[Portland]] via [[Harwood]], Staunton Island via [[Rockford]], and [[Shoreside Vale]] via [[Francis International Airport in GTA III Era|Francis International Airport]] and [[Wichita Gardens]].


The tunnel is actually a system of three separate tunnels, two of which branch out from one long-running tunnel from Harwood to Wichita Gardens, while the branch tunnels lead to Rockford and Francis International. The Francis International portal consists of two separate openings on either side of a surface road, each for one traffic direction.
The tunnel is actually a system of three separate tunnels, two of which branch out from one long-running tunnel from Harwood to Wichita Gardens, while the branch tunnels lead to Rockford and Francis International. The Francis International portal consists of two separate openings on either side of a surface road, each for one traffic direction.
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=== GTA III ===
=== GTA III ===
In [[2001]] (the time setting of GTA III), the tunnel is initially inaccessible, citing [[Porter Tunnel Six Months Behind Schedule|that tunnel construction was still incomplete]] and [[Porter Tunnel Delayed (Again)|had been delayed several times]]. At the time of the tunnel's delays, the tunnel's chief engineer and project director is [[Winston Cole]], while the project's financier is [[FBC Financial Group|FBC Finance Group]]. The tunnel was originally scheduled for completion in April 2001, but was delayed to late-October 2001, coinciding with GTA III's timeline. The projects has been plagued with problems, such as leakage, as well as corruption, leading to the project winding up over-budgeted and behind schedule.
In [[2001]] (the time setting of GTA III), the tunnel is initially inaccessible, citing [[Porter Tunnel Six Months Behind Schedule|that tunnel construction was still incomplete]] and [[Porter Tunnel Delayed (Again)|had been delayed several times]]. At the time of the tunnel's delays, the tunnel's chief engineer and project director is [[Winston Cole]], while the project's financier is [[FBC Financial Group]]. The tunnel was originally scheduled for completion in April 2001, but was delayed to late-October 2001, coinciding with GTA III's timeline. The projects has been plagued with problems, such as leakage, as well as corruption, leading to the project winding up over-budgeted and behind schedule.


During the game, the tunnel would be opened to the player in phases: first with the segment linking Portland and Staunton following "[[Last Requests]]", then the segment linking the Portland-Staunton exits to the Shoreside Vale exits following "[[A Drop In The Ocean]]".
During the game, the tunnel would be opened to the player in phases: first with the segment linking Portland and Staunton following "[[Last Requests]]", then the segment linking the Portland-Staunton exits to the Shoreside Vale exits following "[[A Drop in the Ocean]]".


If the player manages to reach Staunton before it is unlocked after "Last Requests", the tunnel is revealed to only be sealed from the Portland end, allowing the player to access Shoreside Vale via the tunnel (as the [[Shoreside Lift Bridge]] remains non-operational). After "Last Requests", the route to the Shoreside Vale exits is sealed off from traffic until "A Drop in the Ocean". If the player ventures towards into the Shoreside stretch, traffic between the two Shoreside Vale portals is revealed to be free flowing, lending to the idea in GTA Liberty City Stories that these ends of the tunnel have been opened to the public longer than the Staunton and Portland ends.
If the player manages to reach Staunton before it is unlocked after "Last Requests", the tunnel is revealed to only be sealed from the Portland end, allowing the player to access Shoreside Vale via the tunnel (as the [[Shoreside Lift Bridge]] remains non-operational). After "Last Requests", the route to the Shoreside Vale exits is sealed off from traffic until "A Drop in the Ocean". If the player ventures towards into the Shoreside stretch, traffic between the two Shoreside Vale portals is revealed to be free flowing, lending to the idea in GTA Liberty City Stories that these ends of the tunnel have been opened to the public longer than the Staunton and Portland ends.


{| align="center"
<gallery width="auto" perrow="3" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left" widths="180">
|<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="180">
File:PorterTunnel-GTAIII-prerelease.jpg|An [[beta|early]] screenshot of the Porter Tunnel in GTA III.
Image:PorterTunnel-GTAIII-beta.JPEG|An [[beta|early]] screenshot of the Porter Tunnel in GTA III.
File:PorterTunnel-GTAIII-Portlandend.jpg|The Harwood, Portland portal.
Image:PorterTunnel-GTA3-Portlandend.jpg|The Harwood, Portland portal.
File:PorterTunnel-GTAIII-Stauntonend.jpg|The Rockford, Staunton portal.
Image:PorterTunnel-GTA3-Stauntonend.jpg|The Rockford, Staunton portal.
File:PorterTunnel-GTAIII-FIAend.jpg|The Francis International Airport, Shoreside Vale portal.
Image:PorterTunnel-GTA3-FIAend.jpg|The Francis International Airport, Shoreside Vale portal.
File:PorterTunnel-GTAIII-WichitaGardensend.jpg|The Wichita Gardens, Shoreside Vale portal.
Image:PorterTunnel-GTA3-WichitaGardensend.jpg|The Wichita Gardens, Shoreside Vale portal.
</gallery>
</gallery>
|}


=== GTA Liberty City Stories ===
=== GTA Liberty City Stories ===
In [[1998]] (the time setting of GTA Liberty City Stories), the tunnel is revealed to be only partially completed, as only the Shoreside Vale ends of the tunnel are operational, while the Shoreside Vale-Staunton stretch is still under construction; digging towards Portland had not even begun. At the time, the tunnel's future Portland exit is occupied by the Portland [[ferry]] terminal, which is temporarily shut down following city-wide protests against the construction of both [[Callahan Bridge]] and the tunnel, which will render the ferries obsolete. The ferry returns to service after compromises and assurance by a [[Miles O'Donovan|newly elected mayor]] to retain the ferry service, but was ultimately shut down, its Portland terminal cleared away for the Porter exit.
In [[1998]] (the time setting of GTA Liberty City Stories), the tunnel is revealed to be only partially completed, as only the Shoreside  
Vale ends of the tunnel are operational, while the Shoreside Vale-Staunton stretch is still under construction; digging towards Portland had not even begun. At the time, the tunnel's future Portland exit is occupied by the Portland [[ferry]] terminal, which is temporarily shut down following city-wide protests against the construction of both [[Callahan Bridge]] and the tunnel, which will render the ferries obsolete. The ferry returns to service after compromises and assurance by a [[Miles O'Donovan|newly elected mayor]] to retain the ferry service, but was ultimately shut down, as its Portland terminal is soon cleared away for the Porter exit.


The tunnel is also exploited by [[Donald Love]] and [[Toni Cipriani]] as a route to reach [[Subway in GTA III#Disused lines|an old subway line]], where the player must plant explosives to [[Bringing the House Down|destroy]] the Italian-American district of [[Fort Staunton]].
During the construction of the tunnel, workers accessed the [[Subway in GTA III|abandoned subway line]], which is published in a [[Liberty Tree]] article entitled "A Hole Too Far!". [[Toni Cipriani]], on orders from [[Donald Love]], uses the Porter Tunnel to access the old subway line and plants explosives. Toni uses the abandoned subway to escape and the explosives detonate, destroying [[Fort Staunton]], setting back the Porter Tunnel development.


{| align="center"
<gallery width="auto" perrow="3" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left" widths="180">
|<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="180">
File:PorterTunnel-GTALCS-tunnel.jpg|A four-lane section of Porter Tunnel under construction in [[1998]].
Image:PorterTunnel-GTALCS-under construction.jpg|View of Porter Tunnel under construction in [[1998]].
File:PorterTunnel-GTALCS-underconstruction.jpg|Another view of the tunnel.
Image:PorterTunnel-GTALCS-under construction2.jpg|Other view of the tunnel.
File:PorterTunnel-GTALCS-tunnel2.jpg|A two-lane section of the tunnel leading up to Staunton Island.
Image:PorterTunnel-GTALCS-Staunton entrance.jpg|Staunton Island entrance under construction.
File:PorterTunnel-GTALCS-Portlandend.jpg|The Portland end of the tunnel.
Image:PorterTunnel-GTALCS-constructionmachine.jpg|A construction machine in the Portland entrance.
File:PorterTunnel-GTALCS-interior.jpg|View of the unfinished hole going into the abandoned subway which is also unfinished.
Image:PorterTunnel-GTALCS-interior.jpg|View of unfinished portions of the tunnel.
</gallery>
</gallery>
|}


== Video ==
== Video ==
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Porter Tunnel Six Months Behind Schedule]]
* [[Liberty_Tree_Articles_in_GTA_III/March_2001#Porter_Tunnel_Six_Months_Behind_Schedule|Porter Tunnel Six Months Behind Schedule]]
* [[Porter Tunnel Delayed (Again)]]
* [[Porter Tunnel Delayed (Again)]]



Latest revision as of 12:43, 8 December 2014

STRUCTURES
Porter Tunnel
A stretch of the Porter Tunnel, with routes to Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale visible.
Appearance(s): GTA III
GTA Liberty City Stories
Location: Citywide
Use: Transportation.
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The Porter Tunnel is a major road tunnel system in Liberty City, and doesn't seem to be based on any major road tunnels. It appears in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, but does not appear in Grand Theft Auto Advance, since the game is viewed from a top-down perspective.

Description

The Porter Tunnel is primarily a four lane underground and underwater road tunnel (the Staunton Island exit consists of only one lane for each direction), which connects all boroughs in Liberty City: Portland via Harwood, Staunton Island via Rockford, and Shoreside Vale via Francis International Airport and Wichita Gardens.

The tunnel is actually a system of three separate tunnels, two of which branch out from one long-running tunnel from Harwood to Wichita Gardens, while the branch tunnels lead to Rockford and Francis International. The Francis International portal consists of two separate openings on either side of a surface road, each for one traffic direction.

Much of the tunnel runs underwater.

GTA III

In 2001 (the time setting of GTA III), the tunnel is initially inaccessible, citing that tunnel construction was still incomplete and had been delayed several times. At the time of the tunnel's delays, the tunnel's chief engineer and project director is Winston Cole, while the project's financier is FBC Financial Group. The tunnel was originally scheduled for completion in April 2001, but was delayed to late-October 2001, coinciding with GTA III's timeline. The projects has been plagued with problems, such as leakage, as well as corruption, leading to the project winding up over-budgeted and behind schedule.

During the game, the tunnel would be opened to the player in phases: first with the segment linking Portland and Staunton following "Last Requests", then the segment linking the Portland-Staunton exits to the Shoreside Vale exits following "A Drop in the Ocean".

If the player manages to reach Staunton before it is unlocked after "Last Requests", the tunnel is revealed to only be sealed from the Portland end, allowing the player to access Shoreside Vale via the tunnel (as the Shoreside Lift Bridge remains non-operational). After "Last Requests", the route to the Shoreside Vale exits is sealed off from traffic until "A Drop in the Ocean". If the player ventures towards into the Shoreside stretch, traffic between the two Shoreside Vale portals is revealed to be free flowing, lending to the idea in GTA Liberty City Stories that these ends of the tunnel have been opened to the public longer than the Staunton and Portland ends.

GTA Liberty City Stories

In 1998 (the time setting of GTA Liberty City Stories), the tunnel is revealed to be only partially completed, as only the Shoreside Vale ends of the tunnel are operational, while the Shoreside Vale-Staunton stretch is still under construction; digging towards Portland had not even begun. At the time, the tunnel's future Portland exit is occupied by the Portland ferry terminal, which is temporarily shut down following city-wide protests against the construction of both Callahan Bridge and the tunnel, which will render the ferries obsolete. The ferry returns to service after compromises and assurance by a newly elected mayor to retain the ferry service, but was ultimately shut down, as its Portland terminal is soon cleared away for the Porter exit.

During the construction of the tunnel, workers accessed the abandoned subway line, which is published in a Liberty Tree article entitled "A Hole Too Far!". Toni Cipriani, on orders from Donald Love, uses the Porter Tunnel to access the old subway line and plants explosives. Toni uses the abandoned subway to escape and the explosives detonate, destroying Fort Staunton, setting back the Porter Tunnel development.

Video





Traveling through the Porter Tunnel on YouTube
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See also