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Congress/Ferry Street Tunnel

Rensselaer County, New York

Photo 

Troy Union Railroad - Congress/Ferry Street Tunnel

looking north late 1950's

Photo taken by Gene Baxter

BH Photo #453569

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Tunnel under Ferry Street on Troy Union Railroad
Location
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York
Status
Demolished/Filled in
History
Demolished 2010
Railroad
- Troy Union Railroad
Design
Tunnel
Also called
Troy Union Railroad - Congress/Ferry Street Tunnel
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.72739, -73.68750   (decimal degrees)
42°43'39" N, 73°41'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/607452/4731377 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Troy South
Inventory number
BH 67186 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Filled in (71)
Lost (23,726)
Lost 2010 (445)
Lost during 2010s (3,088)
New York (4,093)
Railroad (15,096)
Rensselaer County, New York (110)
Troy Union Railroad (1)
Troy, New York (24)
Tunnel (1,205)

Update Log 

  • August 1, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • April 22, 2015: Added by Luke

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B&M - Congress/Ferry Street Tunnel
Posted August 2, 2019, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

The area seems too flat for this to have been a bore tunnel. Source?