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CSX - Chetoogeta Mountain Tunnel

Whitfield County, Georgia

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Photo taken by Eddie Douthitt in March 1991

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BH Photo #131104

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Facts 

Overview
Tunnel under Chetoogeta Mountain on CSX Railroad (Formerly L & N Railroad, NC&StL Railroad ) in Tunnel Hill
Location
Tunnel Hill, Whitfield County, Georgia
Status
Open to rail traffic
History
Started July 1927, completed December 1928
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad (LN)
- Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
Design
Concrete tunnel
Dimensions
Total length: 1,519.0 ft.
Also called
CSX - Chetoogeta Mountain Tunnel No. 2
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.83869, -85.03328   (decimal degrees)
34°50'19" N, 85°01'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/679830/3856918 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Tunnel Hill
Inventory number
BH 38424 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1928 (1,178)
Built during 1920s (9,957)
CSX Railroad (1,668)
Georgia (636)
Louisville & Nashville Railroad (283)
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway (31)
Open (39,983)
 Owned by railroad (12,502)
Railroad (15,604)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,889)
Tunnel (1,312)
Tunnel Hill, Georgia (2)
Whitfield County, Georgia (31)

Update Log 

  • January 1, 2009: New photos from Eddie Douthitt
  • December 25, 2008: Updated by Eddie Douthitt
  • December 23, 2008: Added by Eddie Douthitt

Sources 

  • Eddie Douthitt - dalton1861 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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