NEW YORK – The opening of the new World Trade Center transportation hub is moving closer to reality as construction crews have begun to install its first pieces of glass.
![Crews begin installing glass at the World Trade Center transportation hub on March 16, 2015. (credit: Peter Haskell/WCBS 880)](https://911families.org/wp-content/uploads/wtc_glass.jpg)
Crews begin installing glass at the World Trade Center transportation hub on March 16, 2015. (credit: Peter Haskell/WCBS 880)
Steven Plate, the head of World Trade Center construction for the Port Authority, told WCBS 880’s Peter Haskell that more than 700 5-foot-by-10-foot panels are being installed over the next several months.
“All high-end glass, over an inch thick,” he described. “Each piece weighs over a thousand pounds.”
Each of the panels is being lifted by a crane.
With glass rising 100 feet, the interior of the space will be bathed in natural light.
“The light itself is a tremendous benefit,” Plate said.
Plate said he believes the nearly $4 billion hub will rival Grand Central Terminal in architectural beauty.
It is expected to open next year.