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WLE - Hanna Tunnel

Harrison County, Ohio

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Photo taken by Joshua Collins in March 2009

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BH Photo #148110

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Tunnel on Wheeling & Lake Erie RR
Location
Harrison County, Ohio
Status
Open to traffic
History
Originally built for the Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Ry. expansion into Pittsburgh
Railroads
- Norfolk & Western Railway (NW)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway (P&WV)
- Pittsburgh, Toledo & Western Railroad (PT&W)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
- Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway (WPTR)
- Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (1990) (WLE)
Design
tunnel
Dimensions
Total length: 1,505.0 ft.
Also called
Rexford Tunnel
Tunnel #17
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.33162, -80.94296   (decimal degrees)
40°19'54" N, 80°56'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/504845/4464566 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Cadiz
Inventory number
BH 43541 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1900 (920)
Built during 1900s (7,261)
Harrison County, Ohio (14)
Norfolk & Western Railway (566)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,955)
Ohio (3,431)
Open (39,995)
Owned by railroad (12,507)
 Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway (47)
Pittsburgh, Toledo & Western Railroad (3)
Railroad (15,614)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,889)
Tunnel (1,312)
Wabash Railroad (575)
Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway (31)
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (1990) (77)

Update Log 

  • November 27, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Added category "Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway"
  • October 25, 2009: Added by Joshua Collins

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com

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