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The following is a list of tunnels in the United States of America.

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Robin Williams Tunnel, southern portal
San Fernando Tunnel c.1900

Colorado

Connecticut

District of Columbia

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

Florida

Port Miami Tunnel

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Silver Creek Cliff Tunnel, Lake County, Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

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

Blue Ridge Parkway tunnels

Other NC tunnels

Ohio

  • Lytle Tunnel, Interstate 71, Cincinnati, 1,099 feet (335 m)
  • Tunnel under Arena District in Columbus, CSX Railroad, 675 feet (206 m)
  • Interstate 71 to Interstate 670 connector under Elijah Pierce Avenue in Columbus, 430 feet (130 m).
  • Interstate 71 at Mile Marker 110 in Columbus under former Norfolk Southern rail yard, 300 feet (91 m)
  • Ohio State Route 3 (Cleveland Avenue) in Columbus under former Norfolk Southern rail yard, 360 feet (110 m).
  • Sawyer Road tunnels under John Glenn Columbus International Airport taxiways, 215 feet (66 m) & 180 feet (55 m)
  • Essex Avenue in Columbus under former Norfolk Southern rail yard, 300 feet (91 m)
  • Leonard Avenue/East 5th Avenue in Columbus under former Norfolk Southern rail yard, 390 feet (120 m)
  • Westbound OH 161 to southbound Interstate 270 connector, Columbus, 440 feet (130 m)
  • OH 93 on Wabash Avenue in Brewster, an 80-foot (24 m) tunnel under seven railroad tracks
  • Moonville Tunnel (abandoned), CSX, Zaleski

Oregon

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 [24] [25]
Cape Creek Tunnel Lane County on US 101 automobile 714 1931? refs disagree over year and length 1,228.1' vs. 714' [26] [27]
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 [28] [29] [30] [31]
Cornell Tunnel No. 1 Portland automobile 497.1 1940 NW Cornell Road [32] [33]
Cornell Tunnel No. 2 Portland automobile 247.1 1941 NW Cornell Road [34] [35]
Dennis L. Edwards Tunnel Sunset Highway southwest of Vernonia automobile 772 1940 formerly called "Sunset Tunnel" [36] [37] [38] [39]
Elk Creek Tunnel Douglas County on OR 38 automobile 1,080.1 1938? refs disagree over year [40] [41]
Elk Rock Tunnel Clackamas County under OR 43 rail 1,396 1921 single track S-shaped route [42][43]
Knowles Creek Tunnel Lane County on OR 126 automobile 1,430.2 1958 [44] [45]
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 [46]
Mosier Twin Tunnels Columbia River Gorge east of Mosier (near The Dalles) automobile, 2 lane 350 (combined) 1921 part of Historic Columbia River Highway [47]
Oneonta Tunnel Columbia River Gorge near Multnomah Falls automobile, 2 lane 125 1914 part of Historic Columbia River Highway [48]
Peninsular Tunnel Portland railroad Union Pacific Railroad
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 [49] [50]
Salt Creek Tunnel Lane County on OR 58 automobile 904.9 1939 [51] [52]
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 [53] [54]
Vista Ridge Tunnels Sunset Highway/US 26, Portland automobile
twin tunnels
1,001.0 1969 3 lanes each direction, 6% grade, curved [55]
Walcott Tunnel Washington County at 45°42′25″N 123°15′44″W / 45.70694°N 123.26222°W / 45.70694; -123.26222 railroad [56]
West Burnside Tunnel Portland automobile 230.0 1940 W Burnside Road [57] [58]
West Side CSO Tunnel Portland sewer 18,000 2006 Waterfront Park [26]
  • Many unnamed, numbered railroad tunnels exist within Oregon.

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

South Carolina

  • Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel, Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad, never completed, near Walhalla.
  • Harbison Pedestrian Tunnel, beneath Harbison Boulevard, very close to the western I-26 interchange. Connects two busy shopping areas in Irmo.
  • USC Pedestrian Tunnel, beneath Assembly Street, connecting the USC Coliseum to a courtyard near the University of South Carolina School of Law, in Columbia.
  • Pennington Road Tunnel, a double tunnel under Interstate 77 connecting two residential neighborhoods just north of Garner's Ferry Road, near Columbia.
  • Hardin Street Tunnel, North, Northernmost tunnel of two connecting parts of the former South Carolina State Mental Hospital facilities, with the newer buildings. This double tunnel is not easily accessible, but can be driven through, provided that you are good at turning around in a small space once you reach the other side. In Columbia.
  • Hardin Street Tunnel, South, The southernmost tunnel of two connecting parts of the former South Carolina State Mental Hospital facilities, with the newer buildings. This single tunnel is closed with a chain-link fence on the old State Hospital side, in Columbia.
  • Senate Street Tunnel, Tunnel beneath Assembly Street connecting western Senate street to an underground parking facility beneath the South Carolina State House. This guarded single one-way tunnel is only open to politicians and government officials of the State of South Carolina, in Columbia.
  • Vista Greenway Tunnel, a 400-foot pedestrian/bicycle tunnel that stretches from Washington Street to Hampton Street in Columbia, SC. The tunnel is a former railroad tunnel, and it runs directly below Lincoln street and the police department parking lot. [27]

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

References

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  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  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.
  16. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: George C. Wallace Tunnel
  17. ^ "Governor Schwarzenegger Announces the Early Reopening of I-5 at Newhall Pass". California Office of the Governor. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  18. ^ "Watkins "New Series" Stereoview Titles". Carletonwatkins.org. 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  19. ^ 769 - From West Portal Tunnel 26 to Simi Valley Station on YouTube
  20. ^ Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine (1870). "Tunnels of the Pacific Railroad". Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  21. ^ "Livermore History - Railroads 1". eLivermore.com. 2003. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  22. ^ "Better Late than Never". The Holland Sentinel. December 15, 2004.
  23. ^ "Google Map of Tunnel Location". Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  24. ^ "Bridgehunter Index of Tunnel". Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  25. ^ "US 82 Tunnel, Otero County, New Mexico". Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  26. ^ "The West Side Big Pipe Project". Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  27. ^ http://www.traillink.com/trail/vista-greenway.aspx
  28. ^ 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