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Solano Avenue Tunnel

Alameda County, California

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Solano Ave Tunnel

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Photo taken by Linda Philpott

BH Photo #176898

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Tunnel under under Marin Avenue on Solano Avenue
Location
Berkeley, Alameda County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1930
Railroads
- Interurban
- Interurban Electric Railway (IER)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
Design
Curved concrete tunnel
Dimensions
Span length: 463.9 ft.
Total length: 463.9 ft.
Also called
Sutter Street Tunnel
Northbrae Tunnel
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.88961, -122.27235   (decimal degrees)
37°53'23" N, 122°16'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/563981/4193816 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Richmond
Average daily traffic (as of 1998)
9,000
Inventory number
BH 46010 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 1998)
Sufficiency rating: 71.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Alameda County, California (92)
Berkeley, California (2)
Bore Tunnel (296)
Built 1930 (1,877)
Built during 1930s (12,359)
California (2,819)
Have street view (30,587)
Interurban (1,086)
Interurban Electric Railway (3)
 Open (41,561)
Owned by county (22,053)
Rail-to-road (360)
Railroad (17,179)
Southern Pacific Railroad (726)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,319)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,745)
Tunnel (1,374)

Update Log 

  • August 29, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added categories "Railroad", "Rail-to-road", "Southern Pacific Railroad", "Interurban", "Interurban Electric Railway"
  • March 6, 2011: New Street View added by J.P.
  • September 10, 2010: New photos from Craig Philpott
  • August 30, 2010: Added by Craig Philpott

Sources 

  • Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com

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