Cemetery Brook Tunnel Construction

A Major Stormwater Tunnel Project

This camera overlooks the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, a large-scale civil engineering effort in Manchester, New Hampshire. The project centers on a 2.25-mile, 12-foot-diameter tunnel designed to reduce flooding and improve stormwater management along the Merrimack River watershed.

Heavy Machinery at the Access Shaft

The view captures a crawler crane and drilling rig positioned over one of the project's vertical access shafts at the corner of Queen City Avenue and Brown Avenue. Support trailers, safety barriers, and construction crews surround the excavation as work continues on the shaft below.

A Changing City Corner

Beyond the fenced work zone, Queen City Avenue carries a steady stream of local traffic past mature trees and residential streets, offering a contrast between the everyday rhythm of the neighborhood and the ambitious underground infrastructure being built beneath it.