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ST - Terryville Tunnel

Litchfield County, Connecticut

Photo 

Terryville Tunnel

Looking through the tunnel from the west end, 02/20/2008

Photo by Ian Martin

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BH Photo #289018

Map 

Description 

Longest railroad tunnel in Connecticut

Facts 

Overview
Tunnel on Pan Am Railways Waterbury Branch
Location
Terryville, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1906-10, single-tracked 1940
Railroads
- Guilford Rail System (GRS)
- Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad (HP&F)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Pan Am Railways (PAR)
- Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
Design
Tunnel
Dimensions
Total length: 3,850.0 ft. (0.7 mi.)
Also called
ST - Pequabuck Tunnel
ST - Mile Long Tunnel
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.66507, -72.99703   (decimal degrees)
41°39'54" N, 72°59'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/666751/4614528 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bristol
Inventory number
BH 61853 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1910 (1,170)
Built during 1910s (9,678)
Connecticut (777)
Guilford Rail System (101)
Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad (48)
Litchfield County, Connecticut (87)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (512)
Open (39,987)
 Owned by railroad (12,505)
Pan Am Railways (137)
Railroad (15,607)
Springfield Terminal Railway (159)
Terryville, Connecticut (3)
Total length over 2500 feet (916)
Tunnel (1,312)

Update Log 

  • July 23, 2014: Added by Ian Martin

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