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CSX - Fort Montgomery Tunnel
Description
Tunnel on the CSX (former NYC/Conrail) River Subdivision, originally the New York, West Shore & Buffalo RR. Passes beneath the Fort Montgomery State Historic Site. Built in 1902 to bypass the original alignment, which lies in a rock cut to the east.Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel on CSX River Subdivision
- Location
- Fort Montgomery, Orange County, New York
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1902
- Railroads
- - CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Conrail (CR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad (NYWS&B)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- West Shore Railroad (WSH)
- Design
- Tunnel
- Dimensions
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Total length: 900.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.32499, -73.98546 (decimal degrees)
41°19'30" N, 73°59'08" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/584904/4575331 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Peekskill
- Inventory number
- BH 56714 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 14, 2020: New photos from Josh Schmid
- December 13, 2020: New photos from Josh Schmid
- September 9, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- December 6, 2014: New photo from Ian Martin
- November 16, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
- July 27, 2014: Updated by Ian Martin: Added details
- June 22, 2013: Added by Dave King
Sources
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Ian Martin
- Geoff Hubbs
- Josh Schmid
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Interesting to note that the South Portal is marked 1903, while the North Portal is marked 1902.