- List of tunnels in Pennsylvania
The following is a list of tunnels in
Pennsylvania .See also
List of tunnels in the United States Rail tunnels
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Acheson Tunnel ,Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway , Washington County [http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lon=-80.2836719&lat=40.3161808&datum=nad83]
*Allegheny River Tunnel ,Pittsburgh Light Rail , Pittsburgh (under construction)
*Benford Tunnel ,CSX Transportation , Confluence [http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lon=-79.2953109&lat=39.8114665&datum=nad83]
*Big Savage Tunnel , 3,294 feet, Wellersburg, wasWestern Maryland Railway , nowRails-to-trails [http://www.wmwestsub.com/connellsvillesub/bigsavagetunnel.htm]
*Buxton Tunnel , Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Avella, Washington County, one mile east of theWest Virginia border [http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lon=-80.4922904&lat=40.2822926&datum=nad83]
*Black Rock Tunnel , 1,931 feet, Phoenixville,Reading Railroad [http://jim-frizzell.com/PHOENIXVILLE/black_rock_tunnel.htm]
*Broad Street Tunnel , carrying the Broad Street Subway under Broad Street but over submerged US Highway 1.
*Brook Tunnel , CSX Transportation
*Center City Commuter Connection Tunnel,Philadelphia ,SEPTA
*Columbia Tunnel , Columbia,Pennsylvania Railroad (Columbia Branch) (abandoned)
*Cork Run Tunnel ,Pennsylvania Railroad , Pittsburgh
*Craighead Tunnel , Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Avella, Washington County, Two miles east of theWest Virginia border near Buxton & Stateline Tunnels.
*Crown Avenue Tunnel , 4,747 feet, Scranton,Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad (now Electric City Trolley) [http://www.ectma.org/museum.html]
*Dillinger Tunnel , Emmaus,Reading Railroad (Perkiomen Branch) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/12217887@N07/1582690405/]
*Factoryville Tunnel , 2,250 feet,Delaware and Hudson Railroad (formerlyDelaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad ,) Factoryville to Nicholson [http://www.undergroundminers.com/factoryvilletunnel.html]
*Falls Cut Tunnel , CSX Transportation
*Flat Rock Tunnel , 937 feet, Gladwyne,Reading Railroad (aside of and visible from theSchuylkill Expressway ) [http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?location=Flat%20Rock%20Tunnel%20-%20NS%20Harrisburg%20Line]
*Friendship Tunnel , Clearfield County
*Fulton Tunnel , Clearfield,Pennsylvania Railroad [http://www.state.pa.us/papower/cwp/view.asp?A=11&Q=452735]
*Gallitzin Tunnel , 3,605 feet,Pennsylvania Railroad , throughAllegheny Mountain and under theEastern Continental Divide [http://www.gallitzin.info/tunnels.php]
*Girard Tunnel , St. Clair, Mill Creek Mine Railroad (abandoned) [http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/mill/1215/railroads.htm]
*Grays Ferry Tunnel ,CSX , Grays Ferry,Philadelphia
*Howard Tunnel ,Northern Central Railway , New Salem, The oldest U.S. railroad tunnel still in use, constructed in 1837, now on theYork County Heritage Rail Trail [http://www.yorktownsquare.com/2007/08/post_123.php]
*Hoyt Tunnel , Clearfield County, Pennsylvania Railroad
*Jacks Mountain Tunnel , Adams County,Western Maryland Railway [http://www.wmwestsub.com/hanoversub/jacksmountaintunnel.htm]
*Jeddo Tunnel , Hazle Brook,Reading and Northern Railroad (formerLehigh Valley Railroad )
*Karthaus Tunnel , Karthaus, Clearfield County,Pennsylvania Railroad [http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/234322521gDmgoI]
*Lansford-Hauto Tunnel , Lansford,Lehigh and New England Railroad [http://www.jttoday.com/2005/2005-03/SherlockHolmes/SherlockHolmes.html]
*Lofty Tunnel , Schuylkill County, Reading Railroad, under Broad Mountain and the divide between the Delaware andSusquehanna River watersheds (abandoned) [http://userweb.ccomm.com/sfpayer/Pictures/Lofty/LoftyIndex.htm]
*Mahanoy Tunnel , 4,000 feet, Mahanoy City,Reading Railroad , under Broad Mountain and the divide between the Delaware and Susquehanna River watersheds [http://www.colcohist-gensoc.org/Essays/hardcoaltimes.pdf]
*Market Street Tunnel (West Philadelphia and Downtown Philadelphia), carrying rapid transit and streetcars under Market Street and the Schuylkill River
*Market Street Tunnel (West Philadelphia) , carrying commuter rail trains under 32nd Street, and including an abandoned branch
*McGugin Tunnel , Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Washington County [http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lon=-80.331729&lat=40.2867368&datum=nad83]
*Mount Cobb Tunnel , one of the oldest railroad tunnels in the U.S., constructed in 1849, over 1,000 feet long,Pennsylvania Coal Company Gravity Railroad , Mt. Cobb, Lackawanna County (abandoned)
*Nay Aug Tunnel , Dunmore,Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad [http://www.steamphotos.com/gallery/3358005_NsPBc/1/190696391_ib7ZZ#190696391]
*Nicholson Tunnels ,Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad , Factoryville to Nicholson (abandoned) [http://www.undergroundminers.com/factoryvilletunnel.html]
*Panther Hollow Tunnel ,CSX Railroad , Pittsburgh
*Perkasie Tunnel , Perkasie,Reading Railroad (Bethlehem Branch) [http://jrevans.fbody.com/cab_ride/]
*Phoenixville Tunnel , Phoenixville,Pennsylvania Railroad (Schuylkill Branch) (abandoned)
*Pinkerton Tunnel ,Western Maryland Railway
*Pottsville Tunnel , Pottsville,Pennsylvania Railroad (Schuylkill Branch) (abandoned)
*Quemahoning Mountain Tunnel ,Pittsburgh, Westmoreland, & Somerset Railroad , omitted from the Pennsylvania Turnpike [http://sopennrr.tripod.com/]
*Rockport Tunnel , Rockport, Carbon County,Lehigh Valley Railroad (inLehigh Gorge State Park , south portal visible from towpath across the river) [http://www.gingerb.com/cnj_white_haven_to_mauch_chunk.htm]
*Sabula Tunnels ,Pennsylvania Railroad andBaltimore and Ohio Railroad , Clearfield County (go under the Eastern Continental Divide) [http://family.webshots.com/photo/2460464050029688058kegkkl]
*Saint Clair Tunnel , St. Clair, Pennsylvania Railroad (abandoned) [http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/mill/1215/railroads.htm]
*Saltsburg Tunnel ,Norfolk Southern Railroad , Saltsburg
*Sand Patch Tunnel (1871) , 4,777 feet, Somerset County,Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad (laterBaltimore and Ohio Railroad ) (abandoned) [http://www.steamphotos.com/gallery/3405984_hFJN7]
*Sand Patch Tunnel (1913) , 4,475 feet, Somerset County,Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (nowCSX Transportation ) goes under theEastern Continental Divide [http://www.steamphotos.com/gallery/3555679_3kvFY#212976249_ofxyC]
*Shawsville Tunnel , Shawsville, Clearfield County,Pennsylvania Railroad [http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/234322521gDmgoI]
*Shoofly Tunnel , CSX Transportation, Confluence
*Sideling Hill Rail Tunnel ,East Broad Top Railroad , Huntingdon County
*Spruce Creek Tunnels , Pennsylvania Railroad, Huntingdon County
*Staple Bend Tunnel , first U.S. railroad tunnel, 900 feet,Allegheny Portage Railroad , Conemaugh Township, Cambria County (abandoned) [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM30JQ]
*State Line Tunnel , Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Washington County [http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lon=-80.5159026&lat=40.2897924&datum=nad83]
*Tamaqua Tunnel , Tamaqua,Reading and Northern Railroad (formerReading Railway )
*Turn Hole Tunnel , Jim Thorpe,Central Railroad of New Jersey (at the Glen Onoko access, abandoned but popular withLehigh Gorge State Park guests) [http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2735091610101561550YUhRgd]
*Vosburg Tunnel ,Lehigh Valley Railroad , Vosburg, Wyoming County [http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=14640575]
*Wabash Tunnel ,Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway , Pittsburgh
*Wadesville Tunnel , Wadesville,Danville and Pottsville Railroad (destroyed by strip mining), second U.S. railroad tunnel
*White Cottage Tunnel , Pennsylvania Railroad, near Holbrook, Greene County
*White Haven Tunnel , White Haven,Central Railroad of New Jersey [http://www.gingerb.com/cnj_penobscot_to_white_haven.htm]
*White Tunnel ,Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad , Indiana
*Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway Tunnel, 2,800 feet, Warrior Run (abandoned, north portal filled in forInterstate 81 ) [http://www.northeast.railfan.net/wbhr.gif] [http://www.northeast.railfan.net/wbmap.gif]
*Yatesville Tunnel , Yatesville,Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad (abandoned) [http://www.northeast.railfan.net/wbmap.gif]Road tunnels
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26th Street Tunnel ,Philadelphia , takes Route 291 under the intersection of Passyunk and Oregon Avenues just south of its interchange with theSchuylkill Expressway [http://www.northeastroads.com/pennsylvania200/pa-291_eb_at_i-076.jpg]
*Allegheny Mountain Tunnel , 6,070 feet,Pennsylvania Turnpike , Somerset County (goes under theEastern Continental Divide ) [http://www.northeastroads.com/i-076d_pa.html]
*Armstrong Tunnel , 1,320 feet, Pittsburgh, goes underneathDuquesne University
*Blue Mountain Tunnel , 4,339 feet, Pennsylvania Turnpike, Lurgan Township, northern Franklin County [http://www.northeastroads.com/i-076d_pa.html]
*Fort Pitt Tunnel , 3,614 feet, Pittsburgh,Interstate 279
*"Ghost Tunnel ", carries Dawson Road underBessemer & Lake Erie Railroad , Curtisville
*Independence Hall Tunnel, Interstate 95, Philadelphia
*Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel , 4,727 feet,Pennsylvania Turnpike , Lurgan and Fannett Townships, northern Franklin County [http://www.northeastroads.com/i-076d_pa.html]
*Laurel Hill Tunnel , 4,541 feet, Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) [http://www.rays-hill.com/turnpike/Web_Pages1985/Browse%20Around%20Our%20Site.htm]
*Lehigh Tunnel , Blue Mountain, 4,400 feet, Northeast Extension of thePennsylvania Turnpike , goes under Blue Mountain between Lehigh and Carbon Counties [http://www.pahighways.com/toll/LehighTunnel.html]
*Liberty Tubes, 5,889 feet, Pittsburgh
*Negro Mountain Tunnel ,South Pennsylvania Railroad , Somerset County, never used and omitted from the Pennsylvania Turnpike [http://sopennrr.tripod.com/]
*Rays Hill Tunnel , 3,532 feet, Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) [http://www.rays-hill.com/turnpike/Web_Pages1985/Browse%20Around%20Our%20Site.htm]
*Sideling Hill Tunnel , 6,782 feet, Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) [http://www.rays-hill.com/turnpike/Web_Pages1985/Browse%20Around%20Our%20Site.htm]
*Squirrel Hill Tunnel , 4,225 feet, Pittsburgh,Interstate 376
*Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel , 5,326 feet,Pennsylvania Turnpike , between Franklin and Huntingdon Counties [http://www.northeastroads.com/i-076d_pa.html]
*University City Tunnel,Schuylkill Expressway , Philadelphia (goes under the30th Street Station and several blocks of streets with theUniversity of Pennsylvania on the west and openings toward theSchuylkill River on the east) [http://www.northeastroads.com/pennsylvania075/i-076_eb_exit_346a_01.jpg]Other transportation tunnels
*Union Canal Tunnel, 5/8 mile, Lebanon [http://www.visitlebanoncounty.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=1]
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