CP - Detroit-Windsor International Tunnel

Photos 

Detroit River Train Tunnel

Photo taken by MJCdetroit in November 2010

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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Map 

Facts 

Overview

Tunnel under Detroit River on Canadian Pacific Railway

Location

Windsor, Canada, Wayne County, Michigan

Status

Open to traffic

History

1910

Builders

- Great Lakes Engineering Co. of Detroit, Michigan (Tube Fabricator)
- Hoff Bros.-Butler Co. of New York City, New York (Contractor)
- W.S. Kinnear (Engineer)

Railroads

- Canada Southern Railway (CASO)
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Conrail (CR)
- Michigan Central Railroad (MC)
- New York Central & Hudson River Railroad (NYC&HR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)

Design

Tunnel

Dimensions

Total length: 6,500.0 ft. (1.2 mi.)

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.32457, -83.06985   (decimal degrees)
42°19'28" N, 83°04'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/329450/4687888 (zone/easting/northing)

Inventory number

BH 81216 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• August 14, 2021: Updated by Luke: Added category "Immersed Tube Tunnel"
• August 14, 2021: Updated by Geoff Hubbs: Corrected railroad owner
• September 13, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• April 14, 2018: Added by Luke

Sources 

• Luke
• Geoff Hubbs

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