Blue Mountain Tunnel

Blue Mountain Tunnel

The Blue Mountain Tunnel is one of two tunnels through Blue Mountain in Pennsylvania, located in Newburg. It is one of seven tunnels completed for the Pennsylvania Turnpike mainline, and at 4339 feet in length, is the shortest of the four still in use today. The Blue Mountain Tunnel is 600 feet to the east of the Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel, separated by the Gunter Valley. [http://users.zoominternet.net/~jamieo/Turnpike_Page.htm]

See also

* Lehigh Tunnel - On the Northeast Extension, also cuts through Blue Mountain.
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