Sideling Hill Tunnel

Photos 

Sideling Hill

Eastern Portal, Summer 2009

Photo taken by jgera5 Summer 2009 (From Wikipedia Article)

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BH Photo #177604

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Tunnel on Abandoned alignment of Pennsylvania Turnpike

Location

Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Status

Unofficially open to hikers and bicyclists

Future prospects

Currently being fought for by the local Road & Rail-to-Trail conservatory groups to turn the old turnpike into an OFFICIAL bike path and hiker paradise by working to install lights in the tunnel.

History

Begun c. 1885 by South Penn. RR; completed 1940 by Penna. Tpk. Comm; bypassed and abandoned 1968

Builder

- Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

Railroad

- South Pennsylvania Railroad

Design

Tunnel

Dimensions

Total length: 6,782.0 ft. (1.3 mi.)

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.04956, -78.14090   (decimal degrees)
40°02'58" N, 78°08'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/743892/4437174 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Wells Tannery

Inventory number

BH 37607 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• August 16, 2021: New photos from Peter Johnson
• December 31, 2018: New photos from Jodi Christman
• October 15, 2014: New photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell
• August 2, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Updated status of prospects
• September 15, 2010: New photo from Daniel Hopkins
• October 13, 2008: Added by Rick Mattioni

Sources 

• Rick Mattioni
• Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
• Wikipedia
• Patrick S. O'Donnell - 1 [dot] 991km [at] comcast [dot] net
• Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
• Peter Johnson

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