Sunset Tunnel

For the Oregon highway tunnel formerly known as the Sunset Tunnel, see Dennis L. Edwards Tunnel.
Sunset Tunnel
The N Judah entering the eastern portal of the Sunset Tunnel
Overview
Line
  N Judah
Location San Francisco, California,
System Muni Metro
Start Duboce Avenue and Noe Street
End Carl and Cole Streets
No. of stations 0
Operation
Opened October 21, 1928
Owner San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)
Operator San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni)
Character Light rail
Technical
Line length 4,232 ft (1,289.91 m)
No. of tracks double
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Standard gauge
Electrified Overhead lines, 600 V DC
Tunnel clearance 23 ft (7.01 m)

The Sunset Tunnel is a tunnel in San Francisco, California, used by the N Judah Muni Metro line. It opened on 21 October 1928 in a ceremony presided over by Mayor James Rolph,[1] and lies directly beneath Buena Vista Park and the steep hill that the park is located on. The western entrance to the tunnel is located near the intersection of Carl and Cole Streets in Cole Valley. The eastern entrance is at Duboce and Noe Streets, in the Duboce Triangle neighborhood adjacent to Duboce Park.

Access to the tunnel is restricted to San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail trains only. Despite the limitations of entering the tunnel, this tunnel is not well protected, and is constantly vandalized and graffiti-strewn. The length of the tunnel from portal to portal is 4120 ft.

See also

References

  1. ^ "City's Tunnels". http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/history/hgtun.htm. 
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