List of tunnels in Pennsylvania
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The following is a list of tunnels in Pennsylvania.
Rail tunnels
- Acheson Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Washington County[1][2]
- Allegheny River Tunnel, Pittsburgh Light Rail, Pittsburgh
- Benford Tunnel, CSX Transportation, Confluence, daylighted in 2012 [3]
- Big Savage Tunnel, Script error: No such module "convert". Wellersburg, was Western Maryland Railway, now Rails-to-trails[4]
- Bow Ridge Tunnel (1864), Pennsylvania Railroad, Westmoreland County[5]
- Bow Ridge Tunnel (1907), Pennsylvania Railroad, Script error: No such module "convert". Westmoreland County[6][7]
- Buxton Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Avella, Washington County, one mile east of the West Virginia border [8]
- Black Rock Tunnel, Script error: No such module "convert"., Phoenixville, Reading Railroad[9]
- Broad Street Tunnel, carrying the Broad Street Subway under Broad Street but over submerged Script error: No such module "Jct"..
- Brook Tunnel, CSX Transportation
- Buck Mountain Coal Company Gravity Railroad Tunnel, Script error: No such module "convert"., Carbon County (abandoned) [10]
- Carr's Tunnel Pennsylvania Railroad Greensburg, Pennsylvania[11]
- Catasauqua Tunnel, Lehigh and New England Railroad (abandoned), Catasauqua, Lehigh County, both portals covered, 735 feet
- Center City Commuter Connection Tunnel, Philadelphia, SEPTA
- Coburn Tunnel, Centre County, Pennsylvania Railroad (abandoned, now part of Penns Creek Trail)
- Columbia Tunnel, Columbia, Pennsylvania Railroad (Columbia Branch) (abandoned)
- Conococheague Mountain Tunnel, Path Valley Railroad, Perry County (incomplete, abandoned Script error: No such module "convert". from north portal) [12]
- Cork Run Tunnel, Pennsylvania Railroad, Pittsburgh
- Craighead Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Avella, Washington County, Script error: No such module "convert". east of the West Virginia border near Buxton and Stateline Tunnels.
- Crown Avenue Tunnel, Script error: No such module "convert"., Scranton, Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad (now Electric City Trolley) [13]
- Dillinger Tunnel, Emmaus, Reading Railroad (Perkiomen Branch) [14]
- Factoryville Tunnels, Script error: No such module "convert"., east tunnel built in 1851, west tunnel built in 1883, both abandoned in 1915. (Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad,) Factoryville to Nicholson[15]
- Falls Cut Tunnel, CSX Transportation
- Flat Rock Tunnel, Script error: No such module "convert"., Gladwyne, Reading Railroad (aside of and visible from the Schuylkill Expressway) [16]
- Friendship Tunnel, Clearfield County, New York Central Railroad (abandoned)
- Fulton Tunnel, Clearfield, New York Central Railroad[17]
- Gallitzin Tunnel, Script error: No such module "convert"., Pennsylvania Railroad, through Allegheny Mountain and under the Eastern Continental Divide[18]
- Girard Tunnel, St. Clair, Mill Creek Mine Railroad (abandoned) [19]
- Grays Ferry Tunnel, CSX, Grays Ferry, Philadelphia
- Greer Tunnel, Norfolk Southern, Washington County
- Gwynedd Tunnel, North Wales, Pennsylvania, North Pennsylvania Railroad, daylighted by the Reading Company when electrified in 1931.
- Hauto Tunnel, Lansford, Lehigh and New England Railroad (abandoned), 3800 feet
- Hickory Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Washington County
- Hogback Tunnel, 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[20]
- Hoyt Tunnel, Clearfield County, New York Central Railroad (abandoned)
- Jacks Mountain Tunnel, Adams County, was Western Maryland Railway, now CSX[21]
- Jeddo Rail Road Tunnel, Hazle Brook, Reading and Northern Railroad (former Lehigh Valley Railroad)
- J&L Tunnel, CSX Transportation, Pittsburgh
- Karthaus Tunnel, Karthaus, Clearfield County, New York Central Railroad[22]
- Lake Shore Tunnel, Oil City (abandoned) [23]
- Lofty Tunnel, Script error: No such module "convert"., Schuylkill County, Reading Railroad, under Broad Mountain and the divide between the Delaware and Susquehanna River watersheds (abandoned) [24][25]
- Mahanoy Tunnel, Script error: No such module "convert"., Mahanoy City, Reading Railroad, under Broad Mountain and the divide between the Delaware and Susquehanna River watersheds [26]
- Market Street Tunnel (West Philadelphia and Center City 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 [27]
- Montour Tunnel, Montour Railroad, Washington County abandoned.
- Mount Cobb Tunnel, Script error: No such module "convert"., constructed 1850, used until 1885. Pennsylvania Coal Company Gravity Railroad, Mt. Cobb, Lackawanna County (abandoned)
- Nay Aug Tunnel, Dunmore, Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad[28]
- Negro Mountain Tunnel, initial construction done for the South Pennsylvania Railroad, but later omitted from the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
- Nicholson Tunnel, 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.[15]
- Panther Hollow Tunnel, CSX Transportation, Pittsburgh
- Peale Tunnel, Script error: No such module "convert"., Centre County, Beech Creek Railroad (abandoned - now part of Snow Shoe Rail-Trail)
- Penobscot Mountain Tunnel, Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway, Nuangola, Pennsylvania (Script error: No such module "convert"., abandoned, north portal filled below Script error: No such module "Jct".) [29][30]
- Perkasie Tunnel, Perkasie, Reading Railroad (Bethlehem Branch) [31]
- Pinkerton Tunnel 2, Pinkerton, Somerset County, Western Maryland Railway (abandoned)
- Pinkerton Tunnel, Pinkerton, Somerset County, B&O Railroad, now CSX Transportation Was scheduled to be daylighted in 2012, but rehabilitated in 2015 as part of a rail trail when bypassed by CSX.[32]
- Phoenixville Tunnel (a.k.a. Fairview Tunnel), Script error: No such module "convert"., Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Railroad (Schuylkill Valley Branch) (abandoned)
- Poe Paddy Tunnel, Centre County, Pennsylvania Railroad (abandoned - now part of Penns Creek Trail)
- Pottsville Tunnel, Pottsville, Pennsylvania Railroad (Schuylkill Valley Branch) (abandoned)
- Pulpit Rock Tunnel, Script error: No such module "convert"., Port Clinton, Reading Railroad (abandoned), constructed 1838
- Quemahoning Mountain Tunnel, Pittsburgh, Westmoreland and Somerset Railroad, omitted from the Pennsylvania Turnpike [33]
- Radebaugh Tunnel, west of Greensburg, Pennsylvania Railroad, daylighted
- Rockport Tunnel, Rockport, Carbon County, Lehigh Valley Railroad (in Lehigh Gorge State Park, south portal visible from towpath across the river) [34]
- Sabula Tunnels, Pennsylvania Railroad and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Clearfield County (go under the Eastern Continental Divide) [35]
- Saint Clair Tunnel, St. Clair, Pennsylvania Railroad (abandoned) [19]
- Saltsburg Tunnel, Norfolk Southern Railway, Saltsburg
- Sand Patch Tunnel, Somerset County, under the Eastern Continental Divide:
- First tunnel (1871), Script error: No such module "convert"., Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad (later Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) (abandoned) [36]
- Second tunnel (1913), Script error: No such module "convert"., Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (now CSX Transportation) [37]
- Schenley Tunnel, P&W Subdivision, Pittsburgh
- Shawville Tunnel, Shawville, Clearfield County, New York Central Railroad[22]
- Shoofly Tunnel, CSX Transportation, daylighted in 2012, Confluence
- Shuman Tunnel, Mainville, Columbia County, Reading Railroad (Catawissa Branch) (abandoned)
- Sideling Hill Tunnel, Script error: No such module "convert"., former Pennsylvania Turnpike, Fulton County
- Sideling Hill Tunnel (1874), Script error: No such module "convert"., East Broad Top Railroad, Huntingdon County[38]
- Spruce Creek Tunnels, Pennsylvania Railroad, Huntingdon County
- Staple Bend Tunnel, first U.S. railroad tunnel, Script error: No such module "convert"., Allegheny Portage Railroad, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County (abandoned but now part of the historic Allegheny Portage Railroad) [39]
- State Line Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Washington County [40]
- Tamaqua Tunnel, Tamaqua, Reading and Northern Railroad (former Reading Company)
- Temple Tunnel, 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) [41][42] Closed to all access by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the owners of the tunnel, in 2023 because of rocks falling from the ceiling.
- Vosburg Tunnel, Lehigh Valley Railroad, Vosburg, Wyoming County[43]
- Wabash Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Pittsburgh
- Wadesville Tunnel, Wadesville, Danville and Pottsville Railroad (destroyed by strip mining), second U.S. railroad tunnel
- White Cottage Tunnel, Pennsylvania Railroad, near Holbrook, Greene County
- White Haven Tunnel, White Haven, Central Railroad of New Jersey[44]
- White Tunnel, Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad, Indiana
- Whitehall Tunnel originally B&O Railroad, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- Windsor Castle Tunnel, Allentown Railroad, Windsor Castle, Berks County, Pennsylvania (incomplete/abandoned) [45]
- Wrays Hill Tunnel, Script error: No such module "convert"., East Broad Top Railroad, Huntingdon County[46]
- Yatesville Tunnel, Yatesville, Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad (abandoned) [47]
Road tunnels
| Name | Location | Carries | Crosses | Length | Opened | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26th Street Tunnel | Philadelphia | Script error: No such module "Jct". | Intersection of Passyunk and Oregon Avenues just south of interchange with Schuylkill Expressway | [48] | ||
| Allegheny Mountain Tunnel | Somerset County | Script error: No such module "Jct". | Eastern Continental Divide | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1939, 1965 | [49] |
| Armstrong Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Motor Vehicles | Duquesne University | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1927 | |
| Berry Street Tunnel | Pittsburgh | West Busway | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1865 | oldest road tunnel in the United States, originally a rail tunnel | |
| Blue Mountain Tunnel | Lurgan Township, northern Franklin County | Script error: No such module "Jct". | Script error: No such module "convert". | [49] | ||
| Corliss Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Corliss Street | Norfolk Southern Railroad | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1914 | |
| Fort Pitt Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Script error: No such module "Jct". | Mount Washington | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1960 | |
| "Ghost Tunnel" | Curtisville | Dawson Road | Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad | |||
| Penn's Landing Tunnel | Philadelphia | Script error: No such module "Jct". | 1979 | |||
| Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel | Lurgan and Fannett Townships, northern Franklin County | Script error: No such module "Jct". | Script error: No such module "convert". | [49] | ||
| Laurel Hill Tunnel | Cook and Jefferson Townships | Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1940 | [50] | |
| Lehigh Tunnel | Lehigh and Carbon counties | Script error: No such module "Jct". | Blue Mountain | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1957, 1991 | [51] |
| Liberty Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Crosstown Boulevard | Mount Washington | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1924 | |
| Mount Washington Transit Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Light Rail and Port Authority of Allegheny County buses | Mount Washington | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1904 | |
| Negro Mountain Tunnel | Somerset County | South Pennsylvania Railroad | Never used and omitted from the Pennsylvania Turnpike [33] | |||
| Rays Hill Tunnel | Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) | Rays Hill | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1940 | [50] | |
| Sideling Hill Tunnel | Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) | Sideling Hill | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1940 | [50] | |
| Squirrel Hill Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Script error: No such module "Jct". | Squirrel Hill | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1953 | |
| Spring Garden Street Tunnel | Philadelphia | Spring Garden Street | Philadelphia Museum of Art | |||
| Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel | Franklin and Huntingdon counties | Script error: No such module "Jct". | Tuscarora Mountain | Script error: No such module "convert". | [49] | |
| Twin Tunnels | Downingtown | Valley Creek Road | [52] | |||
| University City Tunnel | Philadelphia | Script error: No such module "Jct". | 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 | [53] | ||
| Wabash Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Motor Vehicles | Mount Washington | Script error: No such module "convert". | 2004 | originally open from 1903 to 1946 as a rail tunnel, now serves HOV traffic |
Other transportation tunnels
- Auburn Tunnel on the Schuylkill Canal, Script error: No such module "convert"., Auburn, daylighted in 1857
- Union Canal Tunnel, Script error: No such module "convert"., Lebanon[54]
See also
- List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
- List of tunnels in the United States
References
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