Subway Construction Photograph Collection, Independent City Lines. Route 108, 1928-1941

The 4,468 Independent Subway System (IND) Route 108 photographs show construction of the Queens Boulevard Line (the E train, F train and M train) from Jackson Avenue to 169th Street in Queens. The route covers the following sections: Section 1, Jackson Avenue and 44th Drive to Northern Boulevard and 37th Street; Section 2, Northern Boulevard from 37th Street to 53rd Street, Steinway Street between Northern Boulevard and Broadway, and Broadway from Steinway Street to 53rd Street and Northern Boulevard; Section 3, Broadway from 53rd Street to around 37th Avenue; Section 4, Broadway from around 37th Avenue to Pettit Place; Section 5, Broadway from Pettit Place to Queens Boulevard and Queens Boulevard to 55th Avenue; Section 6, Queens Boulevard from 55th Avenue to 64th Road; Section 7, Queens Boulevard from 64th Road to 71st Road; Section 8, Queens Boulevard from 71st Road to Union Turnpike; Section 9, Queens Boulevard from Union Turnpike to 137th Street (now the Van Wyck Expressway), 137th Street to Hillside Avenue, and Hillside Avenue to around 148th Street; Section 10, Hillside Avenue from around 148th Street to around 162nd Street; and Section 11, Hillside Avenue from around 162nd Street to 169th Street.