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Grover

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Oct 9, 2002, 6:14:55 PM10/9/02
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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
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

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Oct 9, 2002, 6:21:03 PM10/9/02
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you left out the I-40 tunnels in western NC and in Tennesee
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Arif Khokar

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Oct 9, 2002, 6:31:57 PM10/9/02
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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.

<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

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Oct 9, 2002, 6:46:36 PM10/9/02
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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.

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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Bryan Bethea

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Oct 9, 2002, 6:50:11 PM10/9/02
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I-10 passes under the Mobile River in twin tubes and surfaces onto a long
bridge over Mobile Bay. (Mobile, Alabama)

Bryan Bethea
Pensacola, FL


xganon

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Oct 9, 2002, 7:01:13 PM10/9/02
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"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.

I-540 goes through a tunnel near Winslow, AR.


Sherman Cahal

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Oct 9, 2002, 7:19:15 PM10/9/02
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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.

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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Kevin Trichtinger

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Oct 9, 2002, 7:21:59 PM10/9/02
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bbwma...@aol.comnospam (Grover) wrote:

>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

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Oct 9, 2002, 7:24:35 PM10/9/02
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bbwma...@aol.comnospam (Grover) writes:

>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

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Oct 9, 2002, 7:31:44 PM10/9/02
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It seems like Grover has left out quite a few tunnels. To add to his
list:

I-90: Seattle and Mercer Island tunnels.
I-80 in Wyoming and Nevada.
and how about the Hawaii Interstates?

Grover

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Oct 9, 2002, 8:16:53 PM10/9/02
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>Not exactly downtown, but the one under Duquesne University is the Armstrong
>Tunnel. I don't know of any significant tunnels downtown.

That's the one I was thinking of!

Oscar Voss

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Oct 9, 2002, 9:00:55 PM10/9/02
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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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my Hot Springs and Highways pages: http://users.erols.com/ovoss/

mj...@duke.edu

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Oct 9, 2002, 9:28:41 PM10/9/02
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On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Scott M. Kozel wrote:

> 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

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Oct 9, 2002, 9:34:53 PM10/9/02
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Sherman, where exactly on 119 will this be? Like do you know what county?

Chris Bessert

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Oct 9, 2002, 9:45:35 PM10/9/02
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Michael Moroney wrote:
>
> 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

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Oct 9, 2002, 9:45:20 PM10/9/02
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> > > 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.
> >
>
> 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

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Oct 9, 2002, 9:51:10 PM10/9/02
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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:

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

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Oct 9, 2002, 10:04:44 PM10/9/02
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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]
As mentioned, I-78 Holland Tunnel
> 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
I-478 you mean. I-278 doesn't tunnel. It stacks on itself south of the
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
I thought this is officially NY 495 now. Even though signage sure
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
A-720, Montreal - it's like an Interstate...

>
> 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 first one is to duck under (!) the BBT I-478. FDR also tunnels
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.
NJ 29... :P

> - 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 are of course those outside the continent (several in France I've
traveled through).
--
Steve from New Jersey
Civil Engineering (Course 1) at MIT

Exile on Market Street

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Oct 9, 2002, 10:19:31 PM10/9/02
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mj...@duke.edu wrote:

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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Pete Jenior

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"Sherman Cahal" <she...@cahaltech.com> wrote in message
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Adding to this, it will "bypass"/go under the place where 119 currently
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

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>
> Isn't there a tunnel on 90-94 near downtown Chicago?
>
The end of I-290/ Eisenhower expressway feeding into downtown goes under the
main post office.
-Pete


Pete Jenior

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> 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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"Joe Rouse" <es...@lanset.com> wrote in message
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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.

--
Raymond Chuang
Mountain View, CA USA


Kevin Robokoff

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Oct 9, 2002, 11:02:07 PM10/9/02
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bbwma...@aol.comnospam (Grover) wrote in message news:<20021009181455...@mb-mq.aol.com>...

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

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Oct 10, 2002, 12:20:27 AM10/10/02
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Some other non-interstate tunnels:

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

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Oct 10, 2002, 12:45:21 AM10/10/02
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bbwma...@aol.comnospam (Grover) wrote in message news:<20021009181455...@mb-mq.aol.com>...
> 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.

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

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He mentioned this as I-278 (it's I-478).

Alan Hamilton

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I-10 has a cut & cover tunnel in downtown Phoenix, AZ.
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Bill Grunnah

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While it's not a 100% done deal yet, current plans are to add twin 1.5-2.5
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

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Oct 10, 2002, 2:04:37 AM10/10/02
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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-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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Kurumi

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In article <3DA4E3B3...@pobox.upenn.edu>, Exile on Market Street
<smi...@pobox.upenn.edu> wrote:

[snip]

> 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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Michael G. Koerner

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That's not an interstate. The 'Congress Extension' is a glorified city street.

What he is thinking of is 'Hubbard's Cave', located on I-90/94 under the
'throat' of the former CNW station.

Stanley Cline

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Oct 10, 2002, 2:51:45 AM10/10/02
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On 09 Oct 2002 22:14:55 GMT, bbwma...@aol.comnospam (Grover) wrote:

>Some notable non-interstate highway tunnels:
>
>- Lincoln and Holland. NYC also has a short tunnel leading from the FDR Drive

<snip>

Non-Interstate freeway: GA 400 in Atlanta - short tunnel goes
directly under a building; MARTA (rail system) tunnel runs between the
NB and SB GA 400 tunnels.

Also in Atlanta: There's talk about extending one of the runways at
Hartsfield; when that's complete, I-285 on the south side of the
airport will land up with a short cut-and-cover tunnel.

Lots of them: The Chattanooga, TN area has several tunnels through
various ridges, including ones that carry two multiplexed US routes
(41/76 and 11/64).

-SC
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SPUI

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I don't think it's been mentioned - I-195 has a cut and cover in Fall River MA,
complete with hazardous cargo detour signs.


Oscar Voss

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Oct 10, 2002, 7:57:33 AM10/10/02
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Michael G. Koerner wrote:

> Other 'cut-and-cover' tunnels:
>
> I-H3

Only the short Hospital Rock tunnels on H-3. The mile-long tunnels
taking H-3 through the Koolau Range were bored.

Justin

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"Bill Grunnah" <un...@no.way> wrote in message
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> While it's not a 100% done deal yet, current plans are to add twin 1.5-2.5
> 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
>


That's not going to happen, in a million years :)

Justin


Michael G. Koerner

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Oct 10, 2002, 12:34:49 PM10/10/02
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Oscar Voss wrote:
>
> Michael G. Koerner wrote:
>
> > Other 'cut-and-cover' tunnels:
> >
> > I-H3
>
> Only the short Hospital Rock tunnels on H-3. The mile-long tunnels
> taking H-3 through the Koolau Range were bored.

That's right, I simply forgot their respective names.

:-)

Bill Grunnah

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"Justin" <jco...@removethisairmail.net> wrote in message
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Not according to TXDOT. From
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/insdtdot/geodist/dal/mis/ih635/nownews.htm:

"West Section Freeway and Tunnel Sections – This is one of the main priority
projects for the LBJ Project to move into the design and right-of-way (ROW)
acquisition process. The lead-time necessary to secure consultant services,
initiate the design, secure funding, buy ROW and start construction make
this the top priority. This is a large contract for TxDOT. Appropriate
phasing and staging of the design and construction work will be paramount
for success. Local participation for project costs will help accelerate
this project. A push for this project will not impede making progress in
other areas of the corridor."

And from ftp://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/dal/news/lbjnews5.pdf:

"The twin tunnels for the Managed HOV lanes between Preston and Midway Road
have been exhaustively studied for safety, constructibility, cost,
maintenance and long-term operation. Tunnel experts from around the world
have shared their experiences in an effort to better understand exactly what
tunnels would entail. The result was a finalized decision to
include the tunnels and adopt the goal of implementing them early in the
reconstruction of LBJ, prior to main lane improvements, in order to maintain
through-traffic on LBJ from the completed Dallas High Five Interchange.
Again, hats off to TxDOT for their thoroughness and willingness to embrace
bold new road solutions."

- Bill


Pete from Boston

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bbwma...@aol.comnospam (Grover) wrote in message news:<20021009181455...@mb-mq.aol.com>...
> 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-93: Big Dig/Central Artery replacement, under construction

In the meantime, there is the Dewey Square Tunnel, a cut-and-cover
carrying both directions of the otherwise-elevated Central Artery
underground at its southern end. Both directions of this tunnel will
soon be closed and rehabilitated into the southern end of the
southbound depressed Central Artery (northbound traffic will use a new
alignment under Atlantic Avenue several blocks east).

> Some notable non-interstate highway tunnels:

I don't think the City Square Tunnel (US 1/Northeast Expressway) in
Boston's Charlestown neighborhood has been mentioned. Replaced a nasty
tangle of elevated double-decked ramps to the Tobin Bridge in the late
80s/early 90s in the so-called Central Artery North Area (CANA)
project.

David J. Greenberger

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mj...@duke.edu writes:

> Heck, if long underpasses count, i'll throw in a couple of those:
>
> I-95 in NYC "under the Apartments" (The Trans Manhattan Expressway)

This isn't an underpass. An apartment complex and a bus station sit
above the highway, but between buildings it's open to the sky.

> 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.

And a handful more: the connector from the SB West Side Highway/West
Street (NY 9A) to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (I-478), a ramp
underneath the BBT toll plaza in Brooklyn, Bruckner Boulevard under the
Triboro Bridge interchange, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (aka 7th
Avenue) at its north end, the ramp from WB Queens Boulevard (NY 25) to
the SB Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278), and probably some more.

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David J. Greenberger

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Kurumi <sup...@ezula.com> writes:

> 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.

Perhaps, but the NY 9D tunnel isn't far from New England.

David J. Greenberger

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"Michael G. Koerner" <mgk...@dataex.com> writes:

> What he is thinking of is 'Hubbard's Cave', located on I-90/94 under the
> 'throat' of the former CNW station.

That's a long underpass, not a tunnel. The Cross Bronx Expressway has
longer underpasses. They're not tunnels either.

Bill Mitchell

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Oct 10, 2002, 6:27:07 PM10/10/02
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"Michael G. Koerner" <mgk...@dataex.com> wrote in message

>
> I-95 (Cross-Bronx Expressway, NYC)

Under the Grand Concourse I believe, there's even a subway tube under
the Concourse and above the Cross Bronx. There's also 2 short tunnels
complete with ventalators(sic), one for each direction on the lower
GWB I-95 (Jersey side).

Pete Jenior

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Oct 10, 2002, 8:37:20 PM10/10/02
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>
> Also in Atlanta: There's talk about extending one of the runways at
> Hartsfield; when that's complete, I-285 on the south side of the
> airport will land up with a short cut-and-cover tunnel.

The front of the newspaper today has a picture of the giant dirt conveyer
system they have built to avoid having to truck int dirt, so I'd say its
going to happen.
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Hank Eisenstein

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Oct 10, 2002, 8:48:04 PM10/10/02
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"David J. Greenberger" <dav...@email.com> wrote in message
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> "Michael G. Koerner" <mgk...@dataex.com> writes:
>
> > What he is thinking of is 'Hubbard's Cave', located on I-90/94 under the
> > 'throat' of the former CNW station.
>
> That's a long underpass, not a tunnel. The Cross Bronx Expressway has
> longer underpasses. They're not tunnels either.

Hmm...how about where the Cross-Bronx goes through the ridge the Grand
Concourse sits on? It looks tunneled through rock to me. For that matter,
where else does a highway go under an already underground subway?
-Hank


Hank Eisenstein

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"Steve" <smal...@hackmit.edu> wrote in message
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> 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.
> >
> > to West St near the WTC site. As well as one under Park Ave. on a
former
> > railroad bed south of Grand Central.

Old trolley tunnel. The tunnel on First Ave is, I believe, newer
construction.

> The first one is to duck under (!) the BBT I-478. FDR also tunnels
> under the UN building, which is fairly notable.

I wouldn't call it a tunnel any more than I would say the same of the
Trans-Manhattan. There are a number of buildings that are built on air
rights above the highway.
-Hank


Scott M. Kozel

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Oct 10, 2002, 9:57:46 PM10/10/02
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"Hank Eisenstein" <ni...@quuxuum.org> wrote:
>
> Hmm...how about where the Cross-Bronx goes through the ridge the Grand
> Concourse sits on? It looks tunneled through rock to me. For that matter,
> where else does a highway go under an already underground subway?

US-1 Roosevelt Expressway passes under the Broad Street Subway, in
Philadelphia.

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mj...@duke.edu

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That one is definitely a tunnel.

I-95, Trans-Manhattan Expressway is still a tunnel IMO, just a 'cut and
cover' tunnel. I-95 in Manhattan is definitely in a cut, and part of it
is covered by the bus terminal. The part covered by the bus terminal is
certainly long enough to be a tunnel (a lot longer than it is wide).

What is the official difference between "long underpass" and "Tunnel"
anyway? And don't say ventilation systems, since one of the "long
underpasses" on the Cross Bronx has ventilation shafts (don't remember
which one) and the tunnels on I-40 in NC don't have them at all.

Michael Moroney

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