List of tunnels in the United States
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The following is a list of tunnels in the United States of America.
See: List of tunnels
[edit] Alabama
- Bankhead Tunnel, Mobile
- George C. Wallace Tunnel, Mobile
[edit] Alaska
- Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, Whittier
- Garner Tunnel, Alaska Railroad, near Healy
- Portage Tunnel, Alaska Railroad, near Whittier
[edit] Arizona
- Deck Park Tunnel or I-10 Papago Freeway Tunnel, Phoenix
- Queen Creek Tunnel just east of Superior
[edit] Arkansas
[edit] California
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel, Kern County
- Caldecott Tunnel, Orinda to Oakland
- Randolph Collier Tunnel, end of Smith River Scenic Byway - Hwy 199, Del Norte County to Oregon border
- Figueroa Street Tunnels, Los Angeles
- Gaviota Tunnel, Santa Barbara County
- Posey Tube, Alameda to Oakland
- San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco
- Transbay Tube (BART), San Francisco Bay
- Waldo Tunnel, Marin County
- Webster Tube, Oakland to Alameda
[edit] Colorado
- Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel, Interstate 70
- Alpine Tunnel, Abandoned railway tunnel
- Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel, Abandoned railway tunnel
- Hagerman Tunnel, Abandoned railway tunnel
- Moffat Tunnel, Railway tunnel under the Continental Divide; [1]
[edit] Connecticut
- Wilbur Cross Parkway Tunnel, West Rock Ridge State Park, New Haven
[edit] District of Columbia
- 9th Street Tunnel, under the National Mall (one-way southbound from Constitution Avenue to I-395), NW & SW DC
- 12th Street Tunnel, under the National Mall (one-way northbound from I-395 & Independence Avenue to Constitution Avenue, SW & NW DC
- Capitol Hill Tunnel, Amtrak Northeast Corridor, under First Street NE & SE
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park road culverts:
- mile 1.3, near Canal Road & Foxhall Road (3 & 4 are in MD)
- mile 3.1, Abner cloud house (aka Fletcher's Boat House)
- Dupont Circle Tunnel, Capitol Transit
- Third Street Tunnel, Interstate 395
- southern portion, under the National Mall Capitol reflecting pool
- northern portion, under Massachusetts Ave & H Street NW
- Virginia Avenue Tunnel, CSX Landover Subdivision, under Virginia Avenue SE
- Zoo Tunnel, under the office area of the National Zoo, Beach Drive, Rock Creek Park
[edit] Florida
- Henry E. Kinney Tunnel, on US-1 in Fort Lauderdale (Also known as New River Tunnel)
[edit] Hawaii
- John H. Wilson Tunnels, Likelike Highway between Kaneohe and Honolulu
[edit] Illinois
- LaSalle Street Tunnel, abandoned
- Van Buren Street Tunnel, abandoned
- Washington Street Tunnel (Chicago), abandoned
- Winston Tunnel, abandoned and now partially collapsed
[edit] Kentucky
- Cherokee Park Tunnel, I-64, Louisville
- Cumberland Gap Tunnel, US 25, Kentucky to Tennessee
- Nada Tunnel, Red River Gorge Park
[edit] Maryland
- Altamont Tunnel, CSX near Deer Park
- Borden Tunnel, Western Maryland Railway near Frostburg
- Brush Tunnel, Western Maryland Scenic Railroad near Corriganville
- B&P Tunnels, Amtrak, Baltimore
- Catoctin Tunnel, CSX near Point of Rocks
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park road culverts:
- - #3 mile 11.?, Carderock, Potomac (1 & 2 are in DC)
- - #4 mile 109.?, Four Locks, near Williamsport
- Dalecarlia Tunnel, B&O Railroad, Brookmont
- Fort McHenry Tunnel, Baltimore
- Harper's Ferry Tunnel, CSX near Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
- Howard Street Tunnel, CSX, Baltimore
- Indigo Tunnel, Western Maryland Railway near Pearre
- Ilchester Tunnel, CSX, near Ellicott City
- Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, Baltimore
- Kessler Tunnel, Western Maryland Railway, Green Ridge State Forest near Paw Paw, West Virginia
- Paw Paw Tunnel, Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park near Paw Paw, West Virginia
- Point of Rocks Tunnel, CSX, Point of Rocks
- Mt. Airy Tunnel, CSX, Ridgeville
- Union Tunnel, Amtrak, Baltimore
- Stickpile Tunnel, Western Maryland Railway, Green Ridge State Forest
- Wisconsin Avenue Tunnel, B&O Railroad, Bethesda
[edit] Massachusetts
- Callahan Tunnel, Boston
- Dewey Square Tunnel, Boston
- Hoosac Tunnel, Boston and Maine Railroad, near North Adams
- State Line Tunnel, CSX, near Stockbridge
- Sumner Tunnel, Boston
- Ted Williams Tunnel, Boston
- Central Artery/Tunnel (Big Dig), Boston
[edit] Michigan
- Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, Detroit to Windsor, Ontario
- Michigan Central Railway Tunnel, Detroit to Windsor, Ontario
[edit] Minnesota
- Cramer Tunnel, Cliffs-Erie Mining, near Taconite Harbor
- Lowry Hill Tunnel, Minneapolis
[edit] Mississippi
- KCS Rail Tunnel, Vicksburg
[edit] Montana
[edit] Nebraska
- Belmont Tunnel, BNSF Railway (abandoned), near Marsland
[edit] Nevada
- Carlin Tunnel, Interstate 80 east of Carlin
[edit] New Jersey
- Bergen Arches, CSX and Norfolk Southern, Jersey City
- Bergen Tunnels, New Jersey Transit, Jersey City
- Holland Tunnel, Hudson River
- Lincoln Tunnel, Hudson River
- Newark Tunnel, New Jersey Transit, Newark
- Roseville Tunnel, Lackawanna Railroad, near Port Morris
- Weehawken Tunnel, New Jersey Transit, Weehawken
[edit] New York
- Atlantic Avenue Tunnel, Long Island Rail Road, Brooklyn and Queens, New York City
- Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, East River/New York Bay, New York City
- East River Tunnels, Amtrak, East River
- New York City Water Tunnel No. 3, New York City
- Holland Tunnel, Hudson River
- Hudson Tunnel, Amtrak, New York City
- Lincoln Tunnel, Hudson River
- Park Avenue Tunnel, Metro-North Railroad, Manhattan
- Queens Midtown Tunnel, East River, New York City
- Riverside Park Tunnel, Metro-North Railroad, New York City
- Port Authority Trans-Hudson Tunnels (PATH), Hudson River
[edit] North Carolina
[edit] Blue Ridge Parkway tunnels
- Little Switzerland Tunnel, 547 feet, mile 333.4
- Wild Acres Tunnel, 240 feet, mile 336.8
- Twin Tunnel #1, 240 feet, mile 344.6
- Twin Tunnel #2, 409 feet, mile 344.7
- Rough Ridge Tunnel, 245 feet, mile 349.0
- Craggy Pinnacle Tunnel, 176 feet, mile 364.4
- Craggy Flats Tunnel, 335 feet, mile 365.5
- Tanbark Ridge Tunnel, 746 feet, mile 374.4
- Grassy Knob Tunnel, 600 feet, mile 347.1
- Pine Mountain Tunnel, 1,320 feet, mile 399.3
- Ferrin Knob Tunnel #1, 360 feet, mile 400.9
- Ferrin Knob Tunnel #2, 231 feet, mile 401.3
- Ferrin Knob Tunnel #3, 323 feet, mile 401.5
- Young Pisgah Ridge Tunnel, 400 feet, mile 403.0
- Fort Mountain Tunnel, 350 feet, mile 403.9
- Little Pisgah Tunnel, 500 feet, mile 406.9
- Buck Springs Tunnel, 380 feet, mile 407.4
- Frying Pan Tunnel, 275 feet, mile 410.1
- Devil's Courthouse Tunnel, 350 feet, mile 422.1
- Pinnacle Ridge Tunnel, 750 feet, mile 439.7
- Lickstone Ridge Tunnel, 402 feet, mile 458.8
- Bunches Bald Tunnel, 268 feet, mile 459.3
- Big Witch Tunnel, 348 feet, mile 461.2
- Rattlesnake Mountain Tunnel, 410 feet, mile 465.6
- Sherril Cove No. 6 Tunnel, 572 feet, mile 466.3
[edit] other NC tunnels
- Beaucatcher Tunnel, US 70, Asheville
[edit] Oregon
- Cornelius Pass Tunnel, United Railways (abandoned), Portland
- Mitchell Point Tunnel, Columbia River Gorge
- Peninsular Tunnel, Union Pacific Railroad, Portland
- West Hills Tunnel, Metropolitan Area Express, Portland
- Toothrock tunnel, Interstate 84, Cascade Locks State Park
- Many unnamed, numbered railroad tunnels exist within Oregon.
[edit] Ohio
[edit] Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Mountain Tunnel, 6070 feet , Pennsylvania Turnpike
- Armstrong Tunnel, 1,320 feet, Pittsburgh
- Benford Tunnel, CSX Transportation
- Big Savage Tunnel, 3,294 feet, was Western Maryland Railway, now Rails-to-trails
- Blue Mountain Tunnel, 4339 feet, Pennsylvania Turnpike
- Brook Tunnel, CSX Transportation
- Cork Run Tunnel, Pennsylvania Railroad, Pittsburgh
- Factoryville Tunnel, Delaware and Hudson Railroad, Nicholson
- Falls Cut Tunnel, CSX Transportation
- Fort Pitt Tunnel, 3,614 feet, Pittsburgh
- Friendship Tunnel, railroad
- Gallitzin Tunnel, 3,605 feet, Pennsylvania Railroad, through Allegheny Mountain
- "Ghost Tunnel", carries Dawson Road under Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad, Curtisville
- Greys Ferry Tunnel, CSX, Philadelphia
- Hoyt Tunnel, railroad
- Independence Hall Plaza, I-95, Philadelphia
- Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel, 4727 feet, Pennsylvania Turnpike
- Laurel Hill Tunnel, 4541 feet, Pennsylvania Turnpike
- Lehigh Tunnel, Blue Mountain, 4,400 feet, Pennsylvania Turnpike
- Liberty Tubes, 5,889 feet, Pittsburgh
- Negro Mountain Tunnel, omitted from the Pennsylvania Turnpike
- Quemahoning Mountain Tunnel, omitted from the Pennsylvania Turnpike
- Panther Hollow Tunnel, CSX Railroad, Pittsburgh
- Pinkerton Tunnel, CSX Transportation
- Pinkerton Tunnel, Western Maryland Railway
- Rays Hill Tunnel, 3532 feet, Pennsylvania Turnpike
- Sabula Tunnels, Pennsylvania Railroad
- Saltsburg Tunnel, Norfolk Southern Railroad, Saltsburg
- Sand Patch Tunnel, CSX Transportation
- Shoofly Tunnel, CSX Transportation
- Sideling Hill Tunnel, East Broad Top Railroad
- Sideling Hill tunnel, 6782 feet, Pennsylvania Turnpike
- Spruce Creek Tunnels, Norfolk Southern Railway
- Squirrel Hill Tunnel, 4,225 feet, Pittsburgh
- Staple Bend Tunnel, first U.S. railroad tunnel, 900 feet, Allegheny Portage Railroad , Cresson
- Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel, 5326 feet, Pennsylvania Turnpike
- Vosburg Tunnel, Lehigh Valley Railroad, Tunkhannock
- Wabash Tunnel, Wabash Railroad, Pittsburgh
- White Tunnel, Buffalo and Pittsburg Railway, Indiana
- White Cottage Tunnel, Norfolk Southern Railroad, near Holbrook
[edit] South Carolina
- Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel, never completed, near Walhalla
[edit] Tennessee
- Bachman Tubes, Chattanooga
- Cumberland Gap Tunnel, US 25 Kentucky to Tennessee
- Missionary Ridge Tunnel, Chattanooga
- Stringer's Ridge Tunnel, Chattanooga
- US 441 tunnel, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Wilcox Tunnel, Chattanooga
[edit] Texas
[edit] Vermont
- Bellows Falls Tunnel, New England Central Railroad, Bellows Falls
[edit] Virginia
- Big Walker Mountain Tunnel, I-77 near Bland
- Bluff Mountain Tunnel, 630 feet, Blue Ridge Parkway mile 53.1
- Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, US 13, Chesapeake Bay
- Downtown Tunnel, I-264, Portsmouth to Norfolk
- East River Mountain Tunnel, I-77, West Virginia to Virginia
- Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, I-64, Hampton to Norfolk
- Midtown Tunnel, US 58, Portsmouth to Norfolk
- Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel, I-664, Newport News to Suffolk
- Blue Ridge Tunnel - railroad - 4,263-foot
[edit] West Virginia
- Carothers Tunnel, CSX Railroad, Paw Paw
- East River Mountain Tunnel, I-77 Virginia to West Virginia
- Memorial Tunnel, bypassed, formerly West Virginia Turnpike
- Randolph Tunnel, CSX Railroad, east of Paw Paw
- Stuart Tunnel, CSX Railroad, east of Paw Paw
- Welton Tunnel, Western Maryland Railroad across from Cumberland, Maryland and under its airport
- Wheeling Tunnel, I-70, Wheeling
[edit] Washington
- Cascade Tunnel, BNSF Railway, near Skykomish
- Chumstick Tunnel, BNSF Railway, near Cole's Corner
- Gaynor Tunnel, BNSF Railway, near Skykomish
- Mount Baker Tunnel, Seattle
- Nelson Bennett Tunnel, BNSF Railway, Tacoma
- Seattle Tunnel, BNSF Railway, Seattle
- Stampede Tunnel, BNSF Railway, near Easton
- Swede Tunnel, BNSF Railway, near Cole's Corner
- Winton Tunnel, BNSF Railway, near Cole's Corner
- Many unnamed, numbered railroad tunnels exist within Washington.