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Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel on the Rock Island Railroad under a hill and Bannister Road between Raytown and Lees Summit in Kansas City
- Location
- Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
- Status
- Railroad line abandoned
- History
- Built 1904?; abandoned 1980 with the bankruptcy of the Rock Island Railroad
- Design
- Tunnel
- Dimensions
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Total length: 446.0 ft.
- Also called
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Tunnel 4
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.94803, -94.43573 (decimal degrees)
38°56'53" N, 94°26'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/375584/4311989 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Lees Summit
- Inventory number
- BH 21722 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 10, 2009: Updated by Max Johnson: Was actually built sometime around 1904
- April 24, 2008: Updated by Max Johnson
- January 30, 2006: Posted photos from Dale Rush
Comments
Vale Tunnel
March 31st, 1980, last Rock Island Railroad train in use, this line and many others abandoned.
Well, this one sees new hope.
Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri, has begun the process of rebuilding this line in a Katy trail extension, a video of the story can be seen here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rix15Tqx5bU&feature=channel
So, new hope and the line will come back to life!
They have said it will take five years to complete, but it will be done.
Vale Tunnel
Tunnel 4 (of 4) on the old CRI&P line. Access is farily easy. Tunnel goes under Bannister Rd (Kansas City, Mo) just west of Nortfleet Rd. Take Nortfleet (south) to end of paved road (it turns into 98th).