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[[Image:PorterTunnel-GTA3-tunnel.jpg|thumb|right|400px|A stretch of the Porter Tunnel, with routes to [[Staunton Island]] and [[Shoreside Vale]] visible.]] | [[Image:PorterTunnel-GTA3-tunnel.jpg|thumb|right|400px|A stretch of the Porter Tunnel, with routes to [[Staunton Island]] and [[Shoreside Vale]] visible.]] | ||
'''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]]. | 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 Island]] 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 Island]] via [[Harwood]], Staunton Island via [[Rockford]], and [[Shoreside Vale]] via [[Francis International Airport, Shoreside Vale|Francis International Airport]] and [[Wichita Gardens]]. | ||
The tunnel is actually a system of three | The tunnel is actually a system of three separte 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. | Much of the tunnel runs underwater. | ||
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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 | 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 === | === GTA Liberty City Stories === | ||
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== External link == | == External link == | ||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ0ybBQdVds GTA Liberty City Stories Porter Tunnel glitch], a video depicting an exploit allowing the player to access the unfinished portions of the tunnel. | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ0ybBQdVds GTA Liberty City Stories Porter Tunnel glitch], a video depicting an exploit allowing the player to access the unfinished portions of the tunnel. | ||
[[Category:Transport in GTA III]] | [[Category:Transport in GTA III]] | ||
[[Category:Portland]] | [[Category:Portland]] | ||