New York Super Airport

Season 1

Costing over 8 billion dollars, the new LaGuardia Airport will be one of the biggest American infrastructure projects of recent times. More than 8000 men and women will create this modern, 21st century ‘superhub’.

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S1 E1 - Skyscraper Terminals
August 8, 2022
44min
7+
LaGuardia Airport is surrounded by roads and the Hudson River, so designers must utilize space by building as tall as possible, install drainage to prevent floods, add a world first, twin 450 foot long pedestrian bridges[National Geographic]
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S1 E2 - Building on Water
August 15, 2022
44min
7+
Construction teams struggle to stay on schedule. The pile foundation for the new concourse runs into trouble, while New York iron workers struggle to connect their biggest truss yet.[National Geographic]
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S1 E3 - Moving Passengers and Planes
August 22, 2022
44min
7+
The new LaGuardia Airport is expected to be state of the art, and on schedule, but the worst snowstorm in five years brings construction and operations to a stop.[National Geographic]
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