Caldecott Tunnel

Photos 

Caldecott Tunnel

East portal, 1965 bore, showing edge of construction zone for new bore construction.

Photo taken by Craig Philpott in April 2010

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BH Photo #160584

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Set of four parallel tunnels on CA 24 in Oakland

Location

Alameda County, California, and Contra Costa County, California

Status

Open to traffic

History

First two bores built 1937, third built 1965, fourth built 2013

Design

Tunnel

Dimensions

Total length: 3,610.1 ft. (0.7 mi.)

Also called

Broadway Low Level Tunnel

Approximate latitude, longitude

+37.85833, -122.21167   (decimal degrees)
37°51'30" N, 122°12'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

10/569347/4190389 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Oakland East

Inventory numbers

CA 28-15 (California bridge number)
BH 10784 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• February 22, 2012: New photo from Brian Smith
• August 16, 2011: New photo from Brian Smith
• April 3, 2010: New photos from Craig Philpott
• March 28, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: added street view

Sources 

• Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Wikipedia - Caldecott Tunnel
• Brian Smith - casigns28 [at] outlook [dot] com

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