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Lake Keechelus Snowshed Tunnel

Kittitas County, Washington
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Photos 

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Map 

Street View 

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Facts 

Overview
Tunnel under Lake Keechelus Snowshed on I-90
Location
Kittitas County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1950
Builder
- George Stevens (Bridge Engineer)
Design
Tunnel
Dimensions
Total length: 500.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 24, 1995
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.35532, -121.36571   (decimal degrees)
47°21'19" N, 121°21'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/623419/5245945 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Stampede Pass
Inventory numbers
NRHP 95000627 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 34355 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
11,553

Categories 

Built 1950 (384)
Built during 1950s (2,382)
Doomed (803)
George Stevens (8)
Have street view (9,891)
I-90 (18)
Kittitas County, Washington (23)
 NR-listed (2,354)
Open (28,311)
Owned by state (9,808)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)
Tunnel (542)
Washington (843)

Update Log 

  • March 24, 2011: New photos from Michael Goff

Sources 

  • K. A. Erickson
  • HAER WA-110 - Lake Keechelus Snowshed Bridge
  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com

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