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Midland Tunnel No. 1
Facts
- Overview
- First of four tunnels on CR 371 north of Buena Vista
- Location
- Chaffee County, Colorado
- Status
- Open to one-lane traffic
- History
- Built 1887 by the Colorado Midland Railroad
- Railroad
- - Colorado Midland Railroad (CM)
- Design
- Tunnel
- Dimensions
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Span length: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 40.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.7 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.87667, -106.14500 (decimal degrees)
38°52'36" N, 106°08'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 13/400679/4303713 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Harvard Lakes
- Average daily traffic (as of 1998)
- 224
- Inventory numbers
- CO CHA371-02.50 (Colorado off-system bridge number)
BH 11792 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of October 1999)
- View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- October 4, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
- August 10, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Railroad"
Sources
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
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These tunnels were tremendous. It is a road that use to be a rail road track.