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Alaska - Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel

Anchorage, Alaska, and Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska

Photos 

Photo taken by Gabor Eszes

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

BH Photo #238236

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Tunnel under Maynard Mountain on Portage Glacier Highway and Alaska Railroad
Location
Anchorage, Alaska, and Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1943, converted to combined railroad and highway tunnel 1998-2000
Railroad
- Alaska Railroad (Alaska; ARR)
Design
This is listed as the longest highway tunnel in North America.
Dimensions
Span length: 13,300.0 ft. (2.5 mi.)
Total length: 13,300.0 ft. (2.5 mi.)
Also called
ARR - Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel
Approximate latitude, longitude
+60.78314, -148.76356   (decimal degrees)
60°46'59" N, 148°45'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
6/403974/6739923 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Seward D-5 SW
Inventory number
BH 44946 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Alaska (198)
Alaska Railroad (30)
Anchorage, Alaska (20)
Built 1943 (132)
Built during 1940s (4,233)
County line crossing (533)
Have street view (28,909)
Open (40,968)
 Over a mile long (311)
Rail-and-Road (397)
Railroad (16,459)
Span length over 1000 feet (107)
Total length over 2500 feet (951)
Tunnel (1,360)
Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska (28)

Update Log 

  • September 11, 2015: Photo imported by Dave King
  • August 27, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Rail-to-road" as it covers roads with rails nearby as well as converted right-o-ways
  • August 27, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Updated status and created categtory "Rail-and-road".
  • April 20, 2010: Added by Nathan Holth

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