Construction is continuing on the deck-over of Dyer Avenue for the redevelopment of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown, Manhattan. The $10 billion master plan, designed by Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Partners and Epstein as a joint venture for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, will replace the 74-year-old, 2.1-million-square-foot structure with a modern, higher capacity terminal. The property spans two city blocks between Eighth and Ninth Avenues and West 40th and 42nd Streets, positioning the project as a central piece of Midtown West infrastructure renewal.
The current work focuses on decking over the vehicular lanes leading out from the Lincoln Tunnel onto West 36th Street. The first steel beams have been installed over the roadways with the help of a crane positioned on a former bus lot between West 37th and West 38th Streets. Crews are also finishing the concrete surface on the curved first section of the deck over Dyer Avenue, which will eventually support a 3.5-acre public park. This first section sits directly west of The Vita, a nearly finished two-tower residential development at 499 and 501 Ninth Avenues. The Dyer Avenue platform will be supported by a series of steel columns, one of which is visible on a staging area between West 38th and West 39th Streets.
The project is structured in three phases. The first stage, from 2024 to 2028, includes erecting new ramps, the Dyer Avenue deck-over, and an additional temporary storage and staging facility. Phase two will last from 2029 to 2032 and involve construction of the new terminal, during which the storage and staging facility will serve as the hub of operations. The final phase will add the public green space to the Dyer Avenue deck and is planned to involve construction of two office skyscrapers rising 926 and 1,346 feet high with a combined maximum floor area of 5 million square feet, or a Floor Area Ratio of 18. The new terminal is expected to be completed around 2032.
The redevelopment carries significant capacity and commercial implications. The new terminal is expected to yield five floors for buses, including 40 gates for intercity buses, and will increase bus storage from the current 50 slots to between 300 and 350 spots for midday capacity. The facility will feature a central atrium with 155,344 square feet of retail space, more than doubling the current total of 69,365 square feet. Taller ceiling heights and electric charging stations for buses are also planned, reflecting a shift toward modernized transit infrastructure and expanded commercial real estate within the terminal footprint.
The evidence base for this update is limited to a single full-text source from New York YIMBY, a secondary outlet with tier-one authority. The report relies on photographic documentation of the construction site and project renderings, but it does not include direct statements from the Port Authority, Foster + Partners, or Epstein. Key details such as the exact construction timeline for the office towers, financing structure, and any potential changes to the master plan remain unconfirmed in the available material. Readers should treat the phase descriptions and capacity figures as reported by the source rather than independently verified.
What to watch next is whether the deck-over stays on schedule through 2028 and whether the temporary storage and staging facility can adequately support operations during phase two. The eventual delivery of the 3.5-acre public park and the two office skyscrapers will be the clearest signals of how the project's public and private components perform together. Until additional sources confirm the construction milestones and commercial leasing plans, the full market impact of the PABT redevelopment remains an open question.