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CIND - Creekside Drive Tunnel

Dearborn County, Indiana

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Happy Hollow Road Tunnel

You drive down a county road, go around a left turn and into the creek and then the 'cave'. Yeah right!!

Photo taken by Ed Hollowell in January 2010

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BH Photo #155613

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Facts 

Overview
Tunnel under ex Big 4 Railroad on former Happy Hollow Rd
Location
Dearborn County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1904
Builder
- Moore-Mansfield Construction of Indianapolis, Indiana
Railroads
- Central Railroad of Indiana (CIND)
- Conrail (CR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
Design
Concrete culvert
Dimensions
Total length: 120.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.18007, -84.98654   (decimal degrees)
39°10'48" N, 84°59'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/673913/4338690 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Guilford
Elevation
655 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 44181 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1904 (526)
Built during 1900s (6,792)
Central Railroad of Indiana (21)
Conrail (1,018)
Culvert (1,239)
Dearborn County, Indiana (62)
Have street view (25,405)
Indiana (4,625)
 Moore-Mansfield Construction (5)
New York Central Railroad (515)
Open (38,211)
Owned by county (20,051)
Penn Central Railroad (719)
Railroad (14,365)
Total length 100-125 feet (4,989)

Update Log 

  • September 20, 2018: New photos from Carl Crasher
  • September 26, 2017: Updated by Ed Hollowell: Change in road name
  • July 26, 2017: New Street View added by J.P.
  • March 13, 2010: Updated by Ed Hollowell: Corrected type to tunnel.
  • February 19, 2010: Added by Ed Hollowell

Sources 

  • Ed Hollowell - erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
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CIND - Creekside Drive Tunnel
Posted September 21, 2018, by Ed Hollowell (erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com)

Looks like they added a culvert pipe and raised the low water crossing sometime in the last 8 years. Maybe that is why they changed the road name.

CIND - Creekside Drive Tunnel
Posted September 20, 2018, by Jeff Wieland (jjwieland [at] gmail [dot] com)

It's an interesting virtual drive to the "real" crossing.

CIND - Creekside Drive Tunnel
Posted September 20, 2018, by Carl Crasher

If you continue on this road to the north west it will cross a set of tracks that makes a steep and somewhat washed out portion north side. That is doable but it will bring you back to Tanner's Creek on a true Creek crossing. I turned around. A truck or some awd vehicles with ground clearance are advised.

Happy Hollow Rd Tunnel
Posted August 23, 2018, by Ed Hollowell (erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com)

It appears the road has had it's name changed to Creekside Drive. When I posted this it was shown on most maps as "Happy Hollow Road".