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Photos taken 1987 by Dale Rush

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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 1919; abandoned 1980 with the bankruptcy of the Rock Island Railroad
Design: Tunnel
Dimensions: 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")
Inventory number: BH 21722 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

April 24, 2008: Updated by Max Johnson
January 30, 2006: Posted photos from Dale Rush

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Vale Tunnel

Posted March 18, 2007, by Kelly McClanahan (KMCCLA [at] aol [dot] com)

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).