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Blue Mountain Tunnel
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Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel on Pennsylvania Turnpike/I-76
- Location
- Franklin County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Begun c.1885 by S. Penn. RR; first tube completed 1940 by Penna. Tpk. Comm.; second tube completed 1968
- Builder
- - Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
- Design
- Tunnel
- Dimensions
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Total length: 4,339.0 ft. (0.8 mi.)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.14450, -77.64759 (decimal degrees)
40°08'40" N, 77°38'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/274465/4447156 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Doylesburg
- Inventory number
- BH 37612 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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