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AMTK - B&P Tunnels
Photos
B & P Tunnel West Portal. Baltimore, Baltimore City, Md. Sec. 1201, Mp 97.43
Photo taken by Jack E. Boucher for the Historic American Engineering Record
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #305983
Description
The tunnel is actually in three sections, with short breaks at either end of Wilson Street.Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel on Amtrak Northeast Corridor under Wilson St
- Location
- Baltimore County, Maryland, and Baltimore, Maryland
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1873
- Railroads
- - Amtrak (AMTK)
- Baltimore & Potomac Railroad (B&P)
- Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Design
- Tunnel
- Dimensions
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Total length: 7,669.0 ft. (1.5 mi.)
- Also called
- Baltimore & Potomac Tunnels
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.30644, -76.63060 (decimal degrees)
39°18'23" N, 76°37'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/359410/4352051 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Baltimore West
- Inventory number
- BH 63807 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- Ian Martin
- HAER MD-45 - Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak route between District of Columbia/Maryland state line & Maryland/Delaware state line, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
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A better view of the tunnel between the Wilson Street and Winchester Street sections can be seen from Argyle Avenue, near Pennsylvania Avenue. The tunnel openings are visible from the south ends of the bridge on both sides of the street.
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