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CP - Evansville & Richmond Tunnel
Description
Tunnel west of Bedford, Indiana. The tunnel is on the "Crane Naval Weapons Support Center" which greatly restricts access to it. Built as the Evansville & Richmond RR the line was bought by the Milwaukee Road and became a part of the Soo Line after Milwaukee's failure. Soo Lines was bought by Canadian Pacific, the current owner.
Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel under under Hwy 161 on Canadian Pacific
- Location
- Martin County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1890
- Dimensions
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Total length: 1,106.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.81668, -86.78378 (decimal degrees)
38°49'00" N, 86°47'02" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/518770/4296456 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Indian Springs
- Elevation
- 770 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 44749 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 4, 2010: Added by Ed Hollowell
Sources
- Ed Hollowell - erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com