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CSX - Brocks Gap Tunnel
Photo
North portal
Photo taken 2004 by John Stewart
BH Photo #405757
Description
Replaced a 1850s-1871 era cut that was considered one of the deepest railroad cuts in the world.
Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel on CSX
- Location
- Jefferson County, Alabama
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built by the L&N in 1908
- Railroads
- - CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad (LN)
- Design
- Tunnel
- Dimensions
-
Total length: 900.0 ft.
- Also called
- CSX - Shades Crest Tunnel
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +33.33960, -86.87333 (decimal degrees)
33°20'23" N, 86°52'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/511787/3688942 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Helena
- Inventory number
- BH 70909 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 10, 2017: Photo added from John Stewart
- February 9, 2016: Added by Zachary S