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The Clinchfield Loops - F: Quinn Knob Tunnel
Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel under Quinn;s Knob Ridge, an offshoot of Washburn Ridge on Clinchfield Railroad (now CSX)
- Location
- McDowell County, North Carolina
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Quinn Knob Tunnel is the 6th tunnel on the Clinchfield Railroad's historic 'Loops' line descending the Blue Ridge, and is the 43rd tunnel on the line built from Elkhorn City, KY to Spartanburg, SC
- Railroads
- - CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad (CCO; Clinchfield)
- South & Western Railway (S&W)
- Design
- Quinn Knob Tunnel has 2 concrete portals, and concrete-lined its entire length, one of only 2 'Loops' tunnels to be completely concrete-lined.
- Dimensions
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Total length: 545.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 22.0 ft.
- Also called
- Quinn Knob Tunnel
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.84249, -82.04265 (decimal degrees)
35°50'33" N, 82°02'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/405839/3966980 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Little Switzerland
- Elevation
- 2424 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 51621 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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