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List of tunnels in the United States

See also: Lists of tunnels

The following is a list of some tunnels in the United States of America. More tunnels may be found in each state than are included on this list.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Alabama

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Alaska

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Arizona

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Arkansas

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California

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Main article: List of tunnels in California

Colorado

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Connecticut

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District of Columbia

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12th Street Tunnel, under the National Mall
 
Connecticut Avenue tunnel, under Dupont Circle
 
Third Street Tunnel, under the National Mall

Florida

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Port of Miami Tunnel

Georgia

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Hawaii

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Idaho

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Illinois

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Indiana

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Iowa

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maryland

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See also: List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Maryland

Massachusetts

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Michigan

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Minnesota

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Silver Creek Cliff Tunnel, Lake County, Minnesota

Missouri

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Montana

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Main article: List of tunnels in Montana

Nebraska

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Nevada

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New Jersey

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See also: List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New Jersey

New Mexico

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New York

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See also: List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New York (state)
Further information: List of bridges and tunnels in New York City

New York City Subway tunnels:

Other tunnels in New York City:

 
The Holland Tunnel was the first underwater tunnel designed for automobiles.

Other tunnels in New York State:

North Carolina

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North Dakota

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  • Cartwright Tunnel, located in McKenzie County, is the first and only railroad tunnel in North Dakota. It was built in 1913 but a train never traveled through it. [10]

Ohio

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Oklahoma

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  • Jenson Tunnel, located in LeFlore County (just southwest of Bonanza, Arkansas), is the first and only railroad tunnel in Oklahoma. It was built through Backbone Mountain during the mid 1880s in Indian Territory by the Fort Smith & Southern Railway. It is still in operation today, primarily used by the Kansas City Southern Railway. [11]

Oregon

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name location type length (ft) opened notes ref
Arch Cape Tunnel US 101, 8 mi (13 km). south of Cannon Beach automobile 1,228.1 1937 goes through Arch Cape [12] [13]
Cape Creek Tunnel Lane County on US 101 automobile 714 1931? refs disagree over year and length 1,228.1' vs. 714' [14] [15]
Cornelius Pass Tunnel Portland railway
abandoned		 4,100(?) March 21, 1911 now owned by State of Oregon, but maintained by PWRR; closed by fire September 1994 – July 1998 [16] [17] [18] [19]
Cornell Tunnel No. 1 Portland automobile 497.1 1940 NW Cornell Road [20] [21]
Cornell Tunnel No. 2 Portland automobile 247.1 1941 NW Cornell Road [22] [23]
Dennis L. Edwards Tunnel Sunset Highway southwest of Vernonia automobile 772 1940 formerly called "Sunset Tunnel" [24] [25] [26] [27]
Elk Creek Tunnel Douglas County on OR 38 automobile 1,080.1 1938? refs disagree over year [28] [29]
Elk Rock Tunnel Clackamas County under OR 43 rail 1,396 1921 single track S-shaped route [30][31]
Knowles Creek Tunnel Lane County on OR 126 automobile 1,430.2 1958 [32] [33]
Mitchell Point Tunnel Columbia River Gorge west of Hood River automobile, 2 lane 385 1915 closed in 1954, demolished in 1966, part of Historic Columbia River Highway [34]
Mosier Twin Tunnels Columbia River Gorge east of Mosier (near The Dalles) automobile, 2 lane 350 (combined) 1921 part of Historic Columbia River Highway [35]
Oneonta Tunnel Columbia River Gorge near Multnomah Falls automobile, 2 lane 125 1914 part of Historic Columbia River Highway [36]
Robertson Tunnel Portland light commuter rail
twin tunnels		 16,368 1998 MAX Light Rail
Rocky Butte Tunnel NE Rocky Butte Rd.
Portland		 automobile 370.0? 1939 through Rocky Butte; refs disagree over length [37] [38]
Salt Creek Tunnel Lane County on OR 58 automobile 904.9 1939 [39] [40]
Tooth Rock Tunnel I-84 near Cascade Locks State Park automobile
interstate		 827.1? 1936 where Historic Columbia River Highway goes through Tooth Rock; refs disagree over length [41] [42]
Vista Ridge Tunnels Sunset Highway/US 26, Portland automobile
twin tunnels		 1,001.0 1969 3 lanes each direction, 6% grade, curved [43]
Walcott Tunnel Washington County at 45°42′25″N 123°15′44″W / 45.70694°N 123.26222°W / 45.70694; -123.26222 railroad [44]
West Burnside Tunnel Portland automobile 230.0 1940 W Burnside Road [45] [46]
West Side CSO Tunnel Portland sewer 18,000 2006 Waterfront Park [41]
  • Many unnamed, numbered railroad tunnels exist within Oregon.

Pennsylvania

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Main article: List of tunnels in Pennsylvania
See also: List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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Tennessee

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  • Cowan Tunnel/Cumberland Mountain Tunnel, rail tunnel, 1853, CSX Railroad (originally Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad), 2,200 feet (670 m), east of Cowan
  • Cumberland Gap Tunnel, twin tunnels, US 25E, under Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, between Harrogate, Tennessee and Middlesboro, Kentucky
  • U.S. Highway 441 Tunnel Northbound, between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge and 2 more tunnels in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Highway 441 between Gatlinburg and Cherokee
  • Bachmann Tubes, which carry Ringgold Road through Missionary Ridge from Chattanooga into the neighboring town of East Ridge.
  • Missionary Ridge Tunnels (also unofficially known as McCallie Tunnels), which carry McCallie and Bailey Avenues through Missionary Ridge where the route continues as Brainerd Road.
  • Wilcox Tunnel, which carries Wilcox Boulevard through Missionary Ridge and connects to Shallowford Road.
  • Whiteside Tunnel (Missionary Ridge Railroad Tunnel) carries the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum trains between East Chattanooga and Grand Junction. Construction of the tunnel was started by the Chattanooga, Harrison, Georgetown and Charleston Railroad which went bankrupt before the work was completed. The tunnel was completed by the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad as part of their Chattanooga Branch. The railroad named the tunnel after Col. James A. Whiteside-a well known Chattanoogan and major stockholder of the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad.
  • Winchester Road Tunnel, an approximately 1,100 feet (340 m) long cut and cover tunnel going under runway 18C/36C at the Memphis International Airport in Memphis carrying 7 lanes of Winchester Road and constructed in the 1990's.[42]

Texas

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Utah

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See also: List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Utah

Vermont

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Virginia

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See also: List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Virginia

Washington

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See also: List of tunnels in Seattle

West Virginia

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See also: List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia

Wisconsin

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[51] 42°56′28″N 87°54′34″W / 42.941144°N 87.909384°W / 42.941144; -87.909384

Wyoming

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There is also a tunnel on Rt 14 west of Cody, Wyoming right by the Cody Reservoir dam. It is around 3,600 feet long.

References

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  1. ^ "5th Avenue North Tunnel". Emporis. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bankhead Tunnel
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blount Tunnel
  4. ^ "Brocks Gap". Birmingham Rails. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cooks Springs Tunnel
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coosa Tunnel
  7. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hardwick Tunnel
  8. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hayden Tunnel
  9. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jefferson Tunnel
  10. ^ "Laney Tunnel" (PDF). Quikrete. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  11. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oak Mountain Tunnel
  12. ^ "Modal Testing of the Palisade Tunnel" (PDF). Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. University of Alabama at Birmingham. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  13. ^ "Tunnel Board Pondering Two Routes Under Red Mountain". Birmingham News. February 1947. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  14. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roper Tunnel
  15. ^ "Tunnel Springs Namesake Requires Sense of Direction to Search It Out". Press-Register. April 28, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  16. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: George C. Wallace Tunnel
  17. ^ "Brushy Mountain Tunnel", RailGa.com. Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage, archived from the original on June 16, 2017
  18. ^ "Saint Paul Pass Tunnel". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  19. ^ "Orange County, Indiana".
  20. ^ "Martin County, Indiana".
  21. ^ "Crawford County, Indiana".
  22. ^ "Crawford County, Indiana".
  23. ^ "Lawrence County, Indiana".
  24. ^ "Martin County, Indiana".
  25. ^ Harmon Tunnel on Bridgehunter.com
  26. ^ Pammel Park operated by Madison County Conservation Board
  27. ^ "Better Late than Never". The Holland Sentinel. December 15, 2004.
  28. ^ "Hiawatha Light Rail Corridor". Railway Technology. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  29. ^ "Twin tunnels carrying trains to and from Minneapolis-St. Paul airport were major undertaking". www.aviationpros.com. September 4, 2007. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  30. ^ "Google Map of Tunnel Location". Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  31. ^ "Bridgehunter Index of Tunnel". Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  32. ^ "Atlantic City-Brigantine Connector".
  33. ^ "Silent Rails". Archived from the original on February 28, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
  34. ^ "US 82 Tunnel, Otero County, New Mexico". Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  35. ^ "Photo Gallery: The Present". Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
  36. ^ "State Topo Maps".
  37. ^ "Western North Carolina Railroad".
  38. ^ "State Topo Maps".
  39. ^ Haywood County North Carolina (Map) (2009 ed.). Cartography by North Carolina Public Works Commission. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 2009.
  40. ^ "Virtual Blue Ridge: Tunnels". Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  41. ^ "The West Side Big Pipe Project". Retrieved October 21, 2012.
  42. ^ https://dtkjllc.com/projects/7-memphis-international-airport-winchester/ Memphis International Airport - DTKJ Associates
  43. ^ "DART completes tunnels ahead of schedule". January 3, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  44. ^ South entrance to tunnel at 1335 N Main St - Houston, Texas Google Street View from March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022
  45. ^ Reyes, Anavid (March 31, 2022). "Exciting week for Houston: Memorial Land Bridge Tunnel opens!". Click2Houston.com (KPRC-TV). Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  46. ^ Russell, Ben (October 20, 2022). "Concrete Work on Future Oak Cliff I-35E Deck Park is Finished". NBCDFW.com (KXAS-TV). Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  47. ^ East entrance to tunnel at 8852 Spring Valley Rd - Richardson, Texas Google Street View from March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022
  48. ^ Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. UT-83, "Red Canyon Tunnel, Panguitch, Garfield County, UT"
  49. ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on February 28, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
  50. ^ Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WV-80, "Hempfield Viaduct & Tunnel No. 1, Spanning Wheeling Creek at B&O Railroad tracks near I-70, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV", 5 photos, 1 photo caption page
  51. ^ Leibowitz, Bruce. Milwaukee General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) flightlineaviationmedia.com. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  52. ^ "WYDOT Travel Information Service (Cheyenne)".
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