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Selby Avenue Streetcar Tunnel
Photos
Selby Avenue Streetcar Tunnel
Plaque
Photo taken by John Marvig in July 2015
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BH Photo #334418
Description
Tunnel is not actually lost...but rather sealed at both ends. A way in exists at the East portal (see photo 3)
Facts
- Overview
- Sealed Tunnel under Twin City Rapid Transit Co. on Selby Avenue
- Location
- St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
- Status
- Intact but closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1906-7
- Builder
- - George J. Grant of St. Paul, Minnesota
- Railroads
- - Streetcar
- Twin City Rapid Transit Co. (TCRT; TCL)
- Design
- Tunnel
- Dimensions
-
Span length: 1,500.0 ft.
Total length: 1,500.0 ft.
Deck width: 23.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
- Also called
- TCRT - Selby Hill Tunnel
Twin City Rapid Transit Co - Selby Hill Tunnel
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.94655, -93.10683 (decimal degrees)
44°56'48" N, 93°06'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/491572/4977018 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Saint Paul East
- Inventory number
- BH 67394 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 27, 2018: New photos from Dana and Kay Klein
- August 27, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added category "Cut-And-Cover Tunnel"
- July 25, 2017: Updated by Luke: Added builder
- August 6, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
- May 2, 2015: Added by Luke
Where is “the west portal” and can I still get in in 2020?