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NS - Duncan Tunnel
Photos
East Portal
Photo taken by Nathan Morton in Dec. 2008
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BH Photo #130770
Description
It's 4,295 foot length makes it the longest tunnel in Indiana. It was built by the Southern Railroad in 1881 and now has an interstate highway running above it. It is now a part of the Norfolk Southern System from Louisville to Mt. Carmel, Illinois.
Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel under Edwardsville and I-64 on NS (Former Southern) Railway in Edwardsville
- Location
- Edwardsville, Floyd County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Longest tunnel in Indiana
- Railroads
- - Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
- Design
- Tunnel
- Dimensions
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Total length: 4,295.0 ft. (0.8 mi.)
- Also called
- Edwardsville Tunnel
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.28728, -85.90417 (decimal degrees)
38°17'14" N, 85°54'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/595835/4238258 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Georgetown
- Inventory number
- BH 38406 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 29, 2010: Updated by Ed Hollowell: Added to Description
- February 21, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added GPS coordinates
- December 22, 2008: Added by Nathan Morton
Sources
- Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Ed Hollowell - erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com
Thank you for the correction James.