Rating:
67447
{85}%
2 votes
Turn Hole Tunnel
Description
Bypassed 1912, closed to rail traffic 1956
Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel under Lehigh Gorge State Park on Lehigh Gorge State Park Pedestrian Path
- Location
- Nesquehoning, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1866
- Railroad
- - Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ)
- Design
- Tunnel
- Also called
- CNJ - Turn Hole Tunnel
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.88266, -75.76117 (decimal degrees)
40°52'58" N, 75°45'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/435870/4526010 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Weatherly
- Inventory number
- BH 67447 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 13, 2021: New photo from Ian Nelson
- January 1, 2021: New photos from Josh Schmid
- April 22, 2020: New Street View added by Geoff Hubbs
- May 7, 2015: New Street View added by Luke