List of tunnels in Pennsylvania
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The following is a list of tunnels in Pennsylvania.
See also[]
- List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
- List of tunnels in the United States
Rail tunnels[]
- Acheson Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Washington County[1]
- Allegheny River Tunnel, Pittsburgh Light Rail, Pittsburgh
- , CSX Transportation, Confluence, daylighted in 2012 [2]
- Big Savage Tunnel, 3,294 feet (1,004 m) Wellersburg, was Western Maryland Railway, now Rails-to-trails[3]
- , Pennsylvania Railroad, Westmoreland County[4]
- , Pennsylvania Railroad, 630 feet (190 m) Westmoreland County[5][6]
- , Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Avella, Washington County, one mile east of the West Virginia border [7]
- Black Rock Tunnel, 1,931 feet (589 m), Phoenixville, Reading Railroad[8]
- , carrying the Broad Street Subway under Broad Street but over submerged
US 1. - , CSX Transportation
- , 135 feet (41 m), Carbon County (abandoned) [9]
- Carr's Tunnel Penn Central Greensburg, Pennsylvania[10]
- Catasauqua Tunnel, Lehigh and New England Railroad (abandoned), Catasauqua, Lehigh County, both portals covered, 735 feet
- Center City Commuter Connection Tunnel, Philadelphia, SEPTA
- , Centre County, Pennsylvania Railroad (abandoned, now part of Penns Creek Trail)
- , Columbia, Pennsylvania Railroad (Columbia Branch) (abandoned)
- Conococheague Mountain Tunnel, Path Valley Railroad, Perry County (incomplete, abandoned 100 feet (30 m) from north portal) [11]
- Cork Run Tunnel, Pennsylvania Railroad, Pittsburgh
- , Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Avella, Washington County, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the West Virginia border near Buxton and Stateline Tunnels.
- , 4,747 feet (1,447 m), Scranton, Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad (now Electric City Trolley) [12]
- , Emmaus, Reading Railroad (Perkiomen Branch) [13]
- , 2,250 feet (690 m), east tunnel built in 1851, west tunnel built in 1883, both abandoned in 1915. (Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad,) Factoryville to Nicholson[14]
- , CSX Transportation
- Flat Rock Tunnel, 937 feet (286 m), Gladwyne, Reading Railroad (aside of and visible from the Schuylkill Expressway) [15]
- , Clearfield County, New York Central Railroad (abandoned)
- , Clearfield, New York Central Railroad[16]
- Gallitzin Tunnel, 3,605 feet (1,099 m), Pennsylvania Railroad, through Allegheny Mountain and under the Eastern Continental Divide[17]
- , St. Clair, Mill Creek Mine Railroad (abandoned) [18]
- , CSX, Grays Ferry, Philadelphia
- , Norfolk Southern, Washington County
- Hauto Tunnel, Lansford, Lehigh and New England Railroad (abandoned), 3800 feet
- Hickory Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Washington County
- , Centre County, Beech Creek Railroad
- Howard Tunnel, Northern Central Railway, New Salem, second oldest active U.S. railroad tunnel, constructed in 1837, now on the York County Heritage Rail Trail[19]
- , Clearfield County, New York Central Railroad (abandoned)
- Jacks Mountain Tunnel, Adams County, was Western Maryland Railway, now CSX[20]
- Jeddo Tunnel, , Reading and Northern Railroad (former Lehigh Valley Railroad)
- J&L Tunnel, CSX Transportation, Pittsburgh
- , Karthaus, Clearfield County, New York Central Railroad[21]
- , Oil City (abandoned) [22]
- , 1,100 feet (340 m), Schuylkill County, Reading Railroad, under Broad Mountain and the divide between the Delaware and Susquehanna River watersheds (abandoned) [23][24]
- , 4,000 feet (1,200 m), Mahanoy City, Reading Railroad, under Broad Mountain and the divide between the Delaware and Susquehanna River watersheds [25]
- 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 [26]
- , Montour Railroad, Washington County abandoned.
- , 755 feet (230 m), constructed 1850, used until 1885. , Mt. Cobb, Lackawanna County (abandoned)
- , Dunmore, Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad[27]
- Negro Mountain Tunnel, initial construction done for the South Pennsylvania Railroad, but later omitted from the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
- , Built by Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad in 1915, Factoryville to Nicholson Still used by Canadian Pacific Railway, and Norfolk Southern Railway trackage rights trains.[28]
- Panther Hollow Tunnel, CSX Transportation, Pittsburgh
- , 1,277 feet (389 m), Centre County, Beech Creek Railroad (abandoned - now part of Snow Shoe Rail-Trail)
- , Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway, Nuangola, Pennsylvania (2,700 feet (820 m), abandoned, north portal filled below
I-81) [29][30] - Perkasie Tunnel, Perkasie, Reading Railroad (Bethlehem Branch) [31]
- , Pinkerton, Somerset County, Western Maryland Railway (abandoned)
- , Pinkerton, Somerset County, Scheduled to be daylighted in 2012
- Phoenixville Tunnel (a.k.a. Fairview Tunnel), 811 feet (247 m), Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Railroad (Schuylkill Valley Branch) (abandoned)
- , Centre County, Pennsylvania Railroad (abandoned - now part of Penns Creek Trail)
- , Pottsville, Pennsylvania Railroad (Schuylkill Valley Branch) (abandoned)
- , 1,637 feet (499 m), Port Clinton, Reading Railroad (abandoned), constructed 1838
- , Pittsburgh, Westmoreland and Somerset Railroad, omitted from the Pennsylvania Turnpike [32]
- Radebaugh Tunnel, west of Greensburg, Pennsylvania Railroad, daylighted
- , Rockport, Carbon County, Lehigh Valley Railroad (in Lehigh Gorge State Park, south portal visible from towpath across the river) [33]
- , Pennsylvania Railroad and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Clearfield County (go under the Eastern Continental Divide) [34]
- , St. Clair, Pennsylvania Railroad (abandoned) [35]
- , Norfolk Southern Railway, Saltsburg
- Sand Patch Tunnel, Somerset County, under the Eastern Continental Divide:
- First tunnel (1871), 4,777 feet (1,456 m), (later Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) (abandoned) [36]
- Second tunnel (1913), 4,475 feet (1,364 m), Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (now CSX Transportation) [37]
- Schenley Tunnel, P&W Subdivision, Pittsburgh
- , Shawville, Clearfield County, New York Central Railroad[38]
- , CSX Transportation, daylighted in 2012, Confluence
- , Mainville, Columbia County, Reading Railroad (Catawissa Branch) (abandoned)
- Sideling Hill Tunnel, 6,782 feet (2,067 m), former Pennsylvania Turnpike, Fulton County
- , 830 feet (250 m), East Broad Top Railroad, Huntingdon County[39]
- , Pennsylvania Railroad, Huntingdon County
- Staple Bend Tunnel, first U.S. railroad tunnel, 901 feet (275 m), Allegheny Portage Railroad, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County (abandoned but now part of the historic Allegheny Portage Railroad) [40]
- , Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Washington County [41]
- , Tamaqua, Reading and Northern Railroad (former Reading Company)
- , Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway, Fallowfield Township, Washington County.
- Turn Hole Tunnel, Jim Thorpe, Central Railroad of New Jersey (at the Glen Onoko access, abandoned but popular with Lehigh Gorge State Park guests) [42][43]
- , Lehigh Valley Railroad, Vosburg, Wyoming County[44]
- Wabash Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Pittsburgh
- , , Danville and Pottsville Railroad (destroyed by strip mining), second U.S. railroad tunnel
- , Pennsylvania Railroad, near Holbrook, Greene County
- , White Haven, Central Railroad of New Jersey[45]
- , Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad, Indiana
- Whitehall Tunnel originally B&O Railroad, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- , Allentown Railroad, Windsor Castle, Berks County, Pennsylvania (incomplete/abandoned) [46]
- , 1,138 feet (347 m), East Broad Top Railroad, Huntingdon County[47]
- , Yatesville, Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad (abandoned) [48]
Road tunnels[]
| Name | Location | Carries | Crosses | Length | Opened | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia |  PA 291
|
Intersection of Passyunk and Oregon Avenues just south of interchange with Schuylkill Expressway | [49] | |||
| Allegheny Mountain Tunnel | Somerset County |   I-70 / I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike)
|
Eastern Continental Divide | 6,070 feet (1,850 m) | 1939, 1965 | [50] |
| Armstrong Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Motor Vehicles | Duquesne University | 1,320 feet (400 m) | 1927 | |
| Berry Street Tunnel | Pittsburgh | West Busway | 2,800 feet (850 m) | 1865 | oldest road tunnel in the United States, originally a rail tunnel | |
| Blue Mountain Tunnel | Lurgan Township, northern Franklin County | I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike)
|
4,339 feet (1,323 m) | [51] | ||
| Corliss Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Corliss Street | Norfolk Southern Railroad | 420 feet (130 m) | 1914 | |
| Fort Pitt Tunnel | Pittsburgh |  I-376
|
Mount Washington | 3,614 feet (1,102 m) | 1960 | |
| "" | Curtisville | Dawson Road | Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad | |||
| Penn's Landing Tunnel | Philadelphia |  I-95
|
1979 | |||
| Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel | Lurgan and Fannett Townships, northern Franklin County | I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike)
|
4,727 feet (1,441 m) | [52] | ||
| Laurel Hill Tunnel | Cook and Jefferson Townships | Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) | 4,541 feet (1,384 m) | 1940 | [53] | |
| Lehigh Tunnel | Lehigh and Carbon counties |  I-476 (Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike)
|
Blue Mountain | 4,400 feet (1,300 m) | 1957, 1991 | [54] |
| Liberty Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Crosstown Boulevard | Mount Washington | 5,889 feet (1,795 m) | 1924 | |
| Mount Washington Transit Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Light Rail and Port Authority of Allegheny County buses | Mount Washington | 3,500 feet (1,100 m) | 1904 | |
| Negro Mountain Tunnel | Somerset County | South Pennsylvania Railroad | Never used and omitted from the Pennsylvania Turnpike [55] | |||
| Rays Hill Tunnel | Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) | Rays Hill | 3,532 feet (1,077 m) | 1940 | [56] | |
| Sideling Hill Tunnel | Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) | Sideling Hill | 6,782 feet (2,067 m) | 1940 | [57] | |
| Squirrel Hill Tunnel | Pittsburgh | I-376
|
Squirrel Hill | 4,225 feet (1,288 m) | 1953 | |
| Spring Garden Street Tunnel | Philadelphia | Spring Garden Street | Philadelphia Museum of Art | |||
| Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel | Franklin and Huntingdon counties | I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike)
|
Tuscarora Mountain | 5,326 feet (1,623 m) | [58] | |
| Downingtown | Valley Creek Road | [59] | ||||
| University City Tunnel | Philadelphia | I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway)
|
30th Street Station and several blocks of streets with the University of Pennsylvania on the west and openings toward the Schuylkill River on the east | [60] | ||
| Wabash Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Motor Vehicles | Mount Washington | 3,342 feet (1,019 m) | 2004 | originally open from 1903 to 1946 as a rail tunnel, now serves HOV traffic |
Other transportation tunnels[]
- Auburn Tunnel on the Schuylkill Canal, 450 feet (140 m), Auburn, daylighted in 1857
- Union Canal Tunnel, 0.6 miles (0.97 km), Lebanon[61]
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