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CSX - Detroit-Windsor International Tunnel

Wayne County, Michigan

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Detroit River Train Tunnel

Photo taken by MJCdetroit in November 2010

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

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Facts 

Overview
Tunnel under Detroit River on CSX Railroad
Location
Detroit, 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
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Canada Southern Railway (CSR; 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
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 

Built 1910 (1,066)
Built during 1910s (8,997)
CSX Railroad (1,323)
Canada Southern Railway (1)
Canadian National Railway (453)
Canadian Pacific Railway (485)
Conrail (862)
Detroit, Michigan (23)
Great Lakes Engineering Co. (1)
Hoff Bros.-Butler Co. (1)
International Border Crossing (53)
Michigan (924)
 Michigan Central Railroad (21)
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad (10)
New York Central Railroad (426)
Open (37,468)
Owned by railroad (10,484)
Penn Central Railroad (551)
Railroad (13,849)
Tunnel (1,059)
W.S. Kinnear (1)
Wayne County, Michigan (75)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada (1)

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  • April 14, 2018: Added by Luke

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