List of Interstate tunnels
Grover
between when compared to bridges or viaducts. They are rare enough, in fact,
that all of the Interstate tunnels can be listed here.
2di:
I-64: Hampton Roads
I-64/77: WV Turnpike Memorial. 2-lane. Bypassed in 1987
I-70: Eisenhower, Twin (at Clear Creek Canyon, CO), Wheeling (2-lane),
Allegheny Mtn
I-76: Tuscarora Mtn, Kittatiny Mtn, Blue Mtn. Also Allegheny Mtn. (3 others
were bypassed in the 1960s)
[Note: The Allegheny Mtn. is slated by the PA Turnpike Commission to be
bypassed]
I-90: Ted Williams
I-93: Big Dig/Central Artery replacement, under construction
I-95: Fort McHenry. Has four parallel 2-lane tubes.
3di:
I-278: Brooklyn-Battery
I-279: Fort Pitt
I-376: Squirrel Hill
I-395: Third Street (Washington, DC). Some of the access routes to I-395 are
tunnels themselves.
I-476: Lehigh
I-495: Queens-Midtown
I-664: Monitor-Merrimac
I-895: (Baltimore) Harbor
Very short; some of these might just be long overpasses:
I-10: tunnel at end of highway in Santa Monica
I-66: Rosslyn
I-71/US-50: Cincinnati riverfront?
I-75: under Peachtree St in downtown Atlanta
I-75/285: a single-lane tunnel is part of the northern interchange
Some notable non-interstate highway tunnels:
- Lincoln and Holland. NYC also has a short tunnel leading from the FDR Drive
to West St near the WTC site. As well as one under Park Ave. on a former
railroad bed south of Grand Central.
- Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (US-13)
- Liberty Tunnels -- aka "Liberty Tubes" by the Pittsburgh locals.
- "Tunnel to Canada" -- from Detroit to Windsor.
- 2 new tunnels in Trenton, NJ (US-29) and Atlantic City.
- Road tunnel in downtown Pittsburgh?
- Alaska has modified a long railroad tunnel for use by trains or highway
traffic (at different times, of course). Single lane.
The Plague
"Grover" <bbwma...@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
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Arif Khokar
> Due to their cost and maintenance, highway tunnels tend to be few and far
> between when compared to bridges or viaducts. They are rare enough, in fact,
> that all of the Interstate tunnels can be listed here.
<snip>
> I-64/77: WV Turnpike Memorial. 2-lane. Bypassed in 1987
You left out the East River Mountain and Big Walker Mountain Tunnels
further south on I-77 in VA.
Scott M. Kozel
>
> Due to their cost and maintenance, highway tunnels tend to be few and far
> between when compared to bridges or viaducts. They are rare enough, in fact,
> that all of the Interstate tunnels can be listed here.
>
> 2di:
> I-64: Hampton Roads
> I-64/77: WV Turnpike Memorial. 2-lane. Bypassed in 1987
> I-70: Eisenhower, Twin (at Clear Creek Canyon, CO), Wheeling (2-lane),
> Allegheny Mtn
> I-76: Tuscarora Mtn, Kittatiny Mtn, Blue Mtn. Also Allegheny Mtn. (3 others
> were bypassed in the 1960s)
> [Note: The Allegheny Mtn. is slated by the PA Turnpike Commission to be
> bypassed]
> I-90: Ted Williams
> I-93: Big Dig/Central Artery replacement, under construction
> I-95: Fort McHenry. Has four parallel 2-lane tubes.
Virginia -
I-77 Big Walker Mountain Tunnel
I-77 East River Mountain Tunnel
> 3di:
> I-278: Brooklyn-Battery
> I-279: Fort Pitt
> I-376: Squirrel Hill
> I-395: Third Street (Washington, DC). Some of the access routes to I-395 are
> tunnels themselves.
> I-476: Lehigh
> I-495: Queens-Midtown
> I-664: Monitor-Merrimac
> I-895: (Baltimore) Harbor
I-264 Downtown Tunnel, Norfolk-Portsmouth VA
> Very short; some of these might just be long overpasses:
>
> I-10: tunnel at end of highway in Santa Monica
> I-66: Rosslyn
It is a 900-foot-long cut-and-cover tunnel
> Some notable non-interstate highway tunnels:
>
> - Lincoln and Holland. NYC also has a short tunnel leading from the FDR Drive
> to West St near the WTC site. As well as one under Park Ave. on a former
> railroad bed south of Grand Central.
> - Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (US-13)
Midtown Tunnel, Norfolk-Portsmouth VA
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"Grover" <bbwma...@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
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> between when compared to bridges or viaducts. They are rare enough, in
fact,
> that all of the Interstate tunnels can be listed here.
I-540 goes through a tunnel near Winslow, AR.
Sherman Cahal
> between when compared to bridges or viaducts. They are rare enough, in
fact,
> that all of the Interstate tunnels can be listed here.
Not all of them...
> 2di:
> I-64: Hampton Roads
> I-64/77: WV Turnpike Memorial. 2-lane. Bypassed in 1987
> I-70: Eisenhower, Twin (at Clear Creek Canyon, CO), Wheeling (2-lane),
> Allegheny Mtn
> I-76: Tuscarora Mtn, Kittatiny Mtn, Blue Mtn. Also Allegheny Mtn. (3
others
> were bypassed in the 1960s)
> [Note: The Allegheny Mtn. is slated by the PA Turnpike Commission to be
> bypassed]
> I-90: Ted Williams
> I-93: Big Dig/Central Artery replacement, under construction
> I-95: Fort McHenry. Has four parallel 2-lane tubes.
I-77: E. River Mtn. and Big Walker Mountain in Virginia.
> Some notable non-interstate highway tunnels:
>
> - Lincoln and Holland. NYC also has a short tunnel leading from the FDR
Drive
> to West St near the WTC site. As well as one under Park Ave. on a former
> railroad bed south of Grand Central.
> - Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (US-13)
> - Liberty Tunnels -- aka "Liberty Tubes" by the Pittsburgh locals.
> - "Tunnel to Canada" -- from Detroit to Windsor.
> - 2 new tunnels in Trenton, NJ (US-29) and Atlantic City.
> - Road tunnel in downtown Pittsburgh?
> - Alaska has modified a long railroad tunnel for use by trains or highway
> traffic (at different times, of course). Single lane.
The future US 119 tunnel, which will be the second longest vehicular tunnel
in the United States, will start construction within 1-3 years in Kentucky.
It will be 2 lane and connect the seperate four lane segments of the
corridor highway.
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>Some notable non-interstate highway tunnels:
>
<snip>
>- Road tunnel in downtown Pittsburgh?
Not exactly downtown, but the one under Duquesne University is the Armstrong
Tunnel. I don't know of any significant tunnels downtown.
Peace
Kevin
Peace
Kevin
Michael Moroney
>I-90: Ted Williams
In a couple of months.
>Some notable non-interstate highway tunnels:
>- Lincoln and Holland. NYC also has a short tunnel leading from the FDR Drive
Holland is I-78. Lincoln is former I-495.
The Brooklyn Battery Tunnel is (secret) I-478.
Do the three long underpasses under parks on I-694 in Detroit count
as (short) tunnels?
-Mike
Neil A. Bratney
list:
I-90: Seattle and Mercer Island tunnels.
I-80 in Wyoming and Nevada.
and how about the Hawaii Interstates?
Grover
>Tunnel. I don't know of any significant tunnels downtown.
That's the one I was thinking of!
Oscar Voss
Interstate H-3 has two sets of tunnels, the John A. Burns (formerly
Tetsuo Harano) tunnels about a mile long through the Koolau Range, and
the shorter Hospital Rock tunnels to the east.
Interstate H-1 has one tunnel, the short Middle Street Tunnel (eastbound
only) just before H-1 rejoins the Moanalua Freeway (HI 78/unsigned
Interstate H-201).
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mj...@duke.edu
> bbwma...@aol.comnospam (Grover) wrote:
> >
> > Due to their cost and maintenance, highway tunnels tend to be few and far
> > between when compared to bridges or viaducts. They are rare enough, in fact,
> > that all of the Interstate tunnels can be listed here.
> >
> > 2di:
> > I-64: Hampton Roads
> > I-64/77: WV Turnpike Memorial. 2-lane. Bypassed in 1987
> > I-70: Eisenhower, Twin (at Clear Creek Canyon, CO), Wheeling (2-lane),
> > Allegheny Mtn
> > I-76: Tuscarora Mtn, Kittatiny Mtn, Blue Mtn. Also Allegheny Mtn. (3 others
> > were bypassed in the 1960s)
> > [Note: The Allegheny Mtn. is slated by the PA Turnpike Commission to be
> > bypassed]
> > I-90: Ted Williams
> > I-93: Big Dig/Central Artery replacement, under construction
> > I-95: Fort McHenry. Has four parallel 2-lane tubes.
I-70 has quite a few more tunnels in Colorado, probably 6 or so throughout
the state. Also, the Wheeling Tunnel is 4 lanes....even though only 2 of
them can be used by I-70 thru traffic, the other two are still part of the
Tunnel facility and still part of I-70.
Also I-80 has tunnels in Green River, WY and west of Elko, NV.
>
> Virginia -
>
> I-77 Big Walker Mountain Tunnel
> I-77 East River Mountain Tunnel
>
> > 3di:
> > I-278: Brooklyn-Battery
> > I-279: Fort Pitt
> > I-376: Squirrel Hill
> > I-395: Third Street (Washington, DC). Some of the access routes to I-395 are
> > tunnels themselves.
> > I-476: Lehigh
> > I-495: Queens-Midtown
> > I-664: Monitor-Merrimac
> > I-895: (Baltimore) Harbor
>
> I-264 Downtown Tunnel, Norfolk-Portsmouth VA
>
Brooklyn Battery Tunnel is unsigned I-478, not I-278.
Queens Midtown Tunnel is signed as I-495, but it technically not an
interstate...it is NY 495 signed as I-495 to avoid confusion.
> > Very short; some of these might just be long overpasses:
> >
> > I-10: tunnel at end of highway in Santa Monica
> > I-66: Rosslyn
>
Heck, if long underpasses count, i'll throw in a couple of those:
I-95 in NYC "under the Apartments" (The Trans Manhattan Expressway)
I-90 in Boston under Prudential Center
I-95 in Fort Lee, NJ....the approaches to the Lower level only of the GWB.
> It is a 900-foot-long cut-and-cover tunnel
>
> > Some notable non-interstate highway tunnels:
> >
> > - Lincoln and Holland. NYC also has a short tunnel leading from the FDR Drive
> > to West St near the WTC site. As well as one under Park Ave. on a former
> > railroad bed south of Grand Central.
> > - Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (US-13)
>
> Midtown Tunnel, Norfolk-Portsmouth VA
Also in NYC, there are several on FDR drive under Gracie Mansion, and the
UN...although that might not be fully enclosed. There is the first Ave
Tunnel as well.
mj...@duke.edu
Sherman, where exactly on 119 will this be? Like do you know what county?
Chris Bessert
>
> Do the three long underpasses under parks on I-694 in Detroit count
> as (short) tunnels?
I-696.
Later,
Chris
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Sherman Cahal
> > >
> > > - Lincoln and Holland. NYC also has a short tunnel leading from the
FDR
> > Drive
> > > to West St near the WTC site. As well as one under Park Ave. on a
former
> > > railroad bed south of Grand Central.
> > > - Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (US-13)
> > > - Liberty Tunnels -- aka "Liberty Tubes" by the Pittsburgh locals.
> > > - "Tunnel to Canada" -- from Detroit to Windsor.
> > > - 2 new tunnels in Trenton, NJ (US-29) and Atlantic City.
> > > - Road tunnel in downtown Pittsburgh?
> > > - Alaska has modified a long railroad tunnel for use by trains or
highway
> > > traffic (at different times, of course). Single lane.
> >
> > The future US 119 tunnel, which will be the second longest vehicular
tunnel
> > in the United States, will start construction within 1-3 years in
Kentucky.
> > It will be 2 lane and connect the seperate four lane segments of the
> > corridor highway.
> >
>
> Sherman, where exactly on 119 will this be? Like do you know what county?
http://www.cahaltech.com/~roads/page.php3?page=roads_us121_wv shows a
general map. The tunnel will be located over Pine Mountain in Pike County.
It's in the first "dotted" "proposed" routes coming off of US 23 to West
Virginia.
Joe Rouse
Grover <bbwma...@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
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> between when compared to bridges or viaducts. They are rare enough, in
fact,
> that all of the Interstate tunnels can be listed here.
>
> 2di:
Don't forget the tunnel on Yerba Buena Island on I-80 as part of the Bay
Bridge complex.
Isn't there a tunnel on 90-94 near downtown Chicago?
Do I-35 in Duluth and I-5 in Seattle count?
>
> 3di:
> I-278: Brooklyn-Battery
> I-279: Fort Pitt
> I-376: Squirrel Hill
> I-395: Third Street (Washington, DC). Some of the access routes to I-395
are
> tunnels themselves.
> I-476: Lehigh
> I-495: Queens-Midtown
> I-664: Monitor-Merrimac
> I-895: (Baltimore) Harbor
>
> Very short; some of these might just be long overpasses:
>
> I-10: tunnel at end of highway in Santa Monica
> I-66: Rosslyn
> I-71/US-50: Cincinnati riverfront?
> I-75: under Peachtree St in downtown Atlanta
> I-75/285: a single-lane tunnel is part of the northern interchange
SB lanes of I-280 go through a tunnel at the CA-1/John Daly Blvd interchange
at the southern edge of San Francisco.
>
> Some notable non-interstate highway tunnels:
>
> - Lincoln and Holland. NYC also has a short tunnel leading from the FDR
Drive
> to West St near the WTC site. As well as one under Park Ave. on a former
> railroad bed south of Grand Central.
> - Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (US-13)
> - Liberty Tunnels -- aka "Liberty Tubes" by the Pittsburgh locals.
> - "Tunnel to Canada" -- from Detroit to Windsor.
> - 2 new tunnels in Trenton, NJ (US-29) and Atlantic City.
> - Road tunnel in downtown Pittsburgh?
> - Alaska has modified a long railroad tunnel for use by trains or highway
> traffic (at different times, of course). Single lane.
There's also the Posey and Webster tubes connecting Oakland, CA with
Alameda.
Steve
>
> Due to their cost and maintenance, highway tunnels tend to be few and far
> between when compared to bridges or viaducts. They are rare enough, in fact,
> that all of the Interstate tunnels can be listed here.
>
> 2di:
> I-64: Hampton Roads
> I-64/77: WV Turnpike Memorial. 2-lane. Bypassed in 1987
> I-70: Eisenhower, Twin (at Clear Creek Canyon, CO), Wheeling (2-lane),
> Allegheny Mtn
> I-76: Tuscarora Mtn, Kittatiny Mtn, Blue Mtn. Also Allegheny Mtn. (3 others
> were bypassed in the 1960s)
> [Note: The Allegheny Mtn. is slated by the PA Turnpike Commission to be
> bypassed]
> I-90: Ted Williams
Also a pair of tunnels in western Mass.
> I-93: Big Dig/Central Artery replacement, under construction
> I-95: Fort McHenry. Has four parallel 2-lane tubes.
>
> 3di:
> I-278: Brooklyn-Battery
Brooklyn Bridge though.
> I-279: Fort Pitt
> I-376: Squirrel Hill
> I-395: Third Street (Washington, DC). Some of the access routes to I-395 are
> tunnels themselves.
> I-476: Lehigh
> I-495: Queens-Midtown
lies...
> I-664: Monitor-Merrimac
> I-895: (Baltimore) Harbor
>
> Very short; some of these might just be long overpasses:
>
> I-10: tunnel at end of highway in Santa Monica
> I-66: Rosslyn
> I-71/US-50: Cincinnati riverfront?
> I-75: under Peachtree St in downtown Atlanta
> I-75/285: a single-lane tunnel is part of the northern interchange
>
> Some notable non-interstate highway tunnels:
>
> - Lincoln and Holland. NYC also has a short tunnel leading from the FDR Drive
> to West St near the WTC site. As well as one under Park Ave. on a former
> railroad bed south of Grand Central.
under the UN building, which is fairly notable.
> - Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (US-13)
> - Liberty Tunnels -- aka "Liberty Tubes" by the Pittsburgh locals.
> - "Tunnel to Canada" -- from Detroit to Windsor.
> - 2 new tunnels in Trenton, NJ (US-29) and Atlantic City.
> - Road tunnel in downtown Pittsburgh?
> - Alaska has modified a long railroad tunnel for use by trains or highway
> traffic (at different times, of course). Single lane.
traveled through).
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Exile on Market Street
Oops! Snipped the original list of Interstate tunnels. The original
poster also left out a tunnel in central Minneapolis on I-94.
>>>Some notable non-interstate highway tunnels:
>>>
>>>- Lincoln and Holland. NYC also has a short tunnel leading from the FDR Drive
>>>to West St near the WTC site. As well as one under Park Ave. on a former
>>>railroad bed south of Grand Central.
>>>- Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (US-13)
>>
>>Midtown Tunnel, Norfolk-Portsmouth VA
Also in this category:
Sumner and Callahan Tunnels, Boston
Storrow Drive, eastbound only, from Exeter St to Embankment Road, Boston
(cut and cover)
West Hill (not sure this is correct name) Tunnel, Wilbur Cross Pkwy,
West Haven, CT
Hill Street Tunnels, Pasadena Fwy, Los Angeles
> Also in NYC, there are several on FDR drive under Gracie Mansion, and the
> UN...although that might not be fully enclosed. There is the first Ave
> Tunnel as well.
Well, if the decks over the FDR Drive count, then so should the Chestnut
Street and Dock/Spruce Street decks over I-95 in central Philadelphia.
(In the case of the Dock/Spruce Street deck, I-95 is actually below
grade; the deck at Chestnut Street is just above grade with Front
Street, but the highway is at grade with Delaware Ave on its opposite side.)
Ditto the deck over the Schuylkill Expressway from Walnut Street to 30th
St Station.
And what then of Seattle's "Freeway Park" over I-5? Or Chicago's Lower
Wacker Drive? (See where this is going? I think you opened a can of
worms. Of all the structures I've listed above, the only one I'd
consider a tunnel is the Dock/Spruce St stretch of I-95.)
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crosses Pine Mountain. 119 is still on its original alignment here IIRC and
trucks are banned from using it. This is basically the one obstacle to
making 119 a major through road in the area. Pine Mountain is over 100
miles long and has only one gap in it (at Pineville KY, where US 25E goes
through the gap) It is the same mountain I-75 crosses for 17 miles or so
near Jellico.
-Pete
Pete Jenior
>
> Isn't there a tunnel on 90-94 near downtown Chicago?
>
main post office.
-Pete
Pete Jenior
> I-71/US-50: Cincinnati riverfront?
Yes this actually is a tunnel. It's called the Lytle Tunnel. It goes under
a small urban park (Lytle Park), the only remaining houses I know of in
downtown Cincinnati (very nice), and a home that once belonged to the Taft
family (as in the President) and is now a museum. No idea why they tunneled
instead of cutting a "trench" type road. Also, it is only I-71 as US 50
leaves in an interchange just south of the tunnel.
> I-75: under Peachtree St in downtown Atlanta
I'd call it a long overpass
> I-75/285: a single-lane tunnel is part of the northern interchange
I need to check this put some day
-Pete
Raymond Chuang
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> SB lanes of I-280 go through a tunnel at the CA-1/John Daly Blvd
interchange
> at the southern edge of San Francisco.
I'm surprised no one here mentioned the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
bi-level tunnel through Yerba Buena Island--the Bay Bridge is part of
Interstate 80.
--
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Mountain View, CA USA
Kevin Robokoff
I-35 in Duluth, MN has a tunnel in the downtown area just before it
ends. It goes under various surface streets and businesses.
Kevin
Peter E. Misisco
There is one tunnel on Skyline Drive in Virginia, and several along the
Blue Ridge Parkway.
Also, in DC there is a short tunnel on the E Street expressway.
Pete Misisco
Alexandria, VA
Kevin Flynn
> between when compared to bridges or viaducts. They are rare enough, in fact,
> that all of the Interstate tunnels can be listed here.
Not all! You forgot some:
> 2di:
(snip)
> I-70: Eisenhower, Twin (at Clear Creek Canyon, CO), Wheeling (2-lane),
> Allegheny Mtn
How can you forget the beautiful Hanging Lake Tunnels on I-70 in
Glenwood Canyon CO, and just a few miles west of there, at the mouth
of the Canyon at Glenwood Springs, the twin tunnels that bypass the
Colorado River's last 180-degree turn in the canyon? Also, there are
twin tunnels on I-70 near the mouth of DeBeque Canyon on the Colorado
near Palisade.
(snip)
> Some notable non-interstate highway tunnels:
>
> - Lincoln and Holland. NYC also has a short tunnel leading from the FDR Drive
> to West St near the WTC site. As well as one under Park Ave. on a former
> railroad bed south of Grand Central.
How about the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel that goes from the west side,
under the Battery and under the East River mouth into Upper New York
Bay?
Steve
He mentioned this as I-278 (it's I-478).
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mile, 3 lane tunnels to IH-635 in north Dallas. While they may be
cut-and-cover, most likely they'll be deep bored, which means they'll
(supposedly) be the longest and widest mined automobile tunnels in the
world. More interestingly, they would (supposedly) be the only automobile
tunnels in the world built simply to add capacity to an existing road, as
opposed to getting around some obstacle. The type of rock in this area is
just about ideal for tunnel boring (soft enough to easily bore, but hard
enough that minimal additional support is required), so the cost of boring
the tunnels compares very well to the cost of the ROW required to instead
widen the highway through this corridor. Add the easier logistics of boring
a tunnel and it gets close to being a no-brainer.
- Bill
"Grover" <bbwma...@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
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> Due to their cost and maintenance, highway tunnels tend to be few and far
> between when compared to bridges or viaducts. They are rare enough, in
fact,
> that all of the Interstate tunnels can be listed here.
>
> 2di:
> I-64: Hampton Roads
> I-64/77: WV Turnpike Memorial. 2-lane. Bypassed in 1987
> I-70: Eisenhower, Twin (at Clear Creek Canyon, CO), Wheeling (2-lane),
> Allegheny Mtn
> Some notable non-interstate highway tunnels:
>
> - Lincoln and Holland. NYC also has a short tunnel leading from the FDR
Drive
> to West St near the WTC site. As well as one under Park Ave. on a former
> railroad bed south of Grand Central.
Michael G. Koerner
>
> Due to their cost and maintenance, highway tunnels tend to be few and far
> between when compared to bridges or viaducts. They are rare enough, in fact,
> that all of the Interstate tunnels can be listed here.
>
> 2di:
I-H3
I-10 (Mobile Harbor, Mobile, AL)
I-40 (Near Great Smokey Mountains N. P., NC, two eastbound only)
> I-64: Hampton Roads
I-64 (Louisville, KY)
> I-64/77: WV Turnpike Memorial. 2-lane. Bypassed in 1987
> I-70: Eisenhower, Twin (at Clear Creek Canyon, CO), Wheeling (2-lane),
> Allegheny Mtn
Also, there are tunnels on I-70 in the Glenwood Canyon, CO (3 westbound,
2 eastbound).
> I-76: Tuscarora Mtn, Kittatiny Mtn, Blue Mtn. Also Allegheny Mtn. (3 others
> were bypassed in the 1960s)
> [Note: The Allegheny Mtn. is slated by the PA Turnpike Commission to be
> bypassed]
I-77 (near Bluefield, WV)
I-77 (near Bland, VA)
I-80 (Green River, WY)
I-80 (Near Winnemucca, NV)
> I-90: Ted Williams
> I-93: Big Dig/Central Artery replacement, under construction
> I-95: Fort McHenry. Has four parallel 2-lane tubes.
I-95 (Cross-Bronx Expressway, NYC)
> 3di:
> I-278: Brooklyn-Battery
> I-279: Fort Pitt
> I-376: Squirrel Hill
> I-395: Third Street (Washington, DC). Some of the access routes to I-395 are
> tunnels themselves.
> I-476: Lehigh
> I-495: Queens-Midtown
I-540 (Near Winslow, AR)
> I-664: Monitor-Merrimac
> I-895: (Baltimore) Harbor
>
> Very short; some of these might just be long overpasses:
>
> I-10: tunnel at end of highway in Santa Monica
> I-66: Rosslyn
> I-71/US-50: Cincinnati riverfront?
> I-75: under Peachtree St in downtown Atlanta
> I-75/285: a single-lane tunnel is part of the northern interchange
Other 'cut-and-cover' tunnels:
I-H3
I-10 (downtown Phoenix, AZ)
I-35 (Duluth, MN - four seperate tunnels)
I-70 (under runway/taxiway at DEN - daylighted after airport was moved)
I-90/94 ('Hubbard's Cave', Chicago, IL)
I-94 (downtown Minneapolis, MN)
I-696 (Detroit, MI suburbs, built for religious reasons)
> Some notable non-interstate highway tunnels:
>
> - Lincoln and Holland. NYC also has a short tunnel leading from the FDR Drive
> to West St near the WTC site. As well as one under Park Ave. on a former
> railroad bed south of Grand Central.
The Holland Tunnel is I-78.
> - Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (US-13)
> - Liberty Tunnels -- aka "Liberty Tubes" by the Pittsburgh locals.
> - "Tunnel to Canada" -- from Detroit to Windsor.
> - 2 new tunnels in Trenton, NJ (US-29) and Atlantic City.
> - Road tunnel in downtown Pittsburgh?
> - Alaska has modified a long railroad tunnel for use by trains or highway
> traffic (at different times, of course). Single lane.
Merritt Parkway near Bridgeport, CT.
There are numerous tunnels on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Also, there are *MANY* tunnels on lesser roads in the USA. It would
take months to catalog then all.
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<smi...@pobox.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> Also in this category [non-interstate highway tunnels]:
>
> Sumner and Callahan Tunnels, Boston
> Storrow Drive, eastbound only, from Exeter St to Embankment Road, Boston
> (cut and cover)
> West Hill (not sure this is correct name) Tunnel, Wilbur Cross Pkwy,
> West Haven, CT
> Hill Street Tunnels, Pasadena Fwy, Los Angeles
West Rock Tunnel on the Wilbur Cross Pkwy (CT 15), New Haven. Opened in
1949. Reported to be the only tunnel through a hill in New England.
There's also a cap over I-84 in downtown Hartford. On westbound I-84,
the entrance reads "Welcome to Hartford", then you plunge into a dark
tunnel. Oh well.
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