Armstrong Tunnel

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East Portal

Oblique view from Forbes Avenue.

Photo taken by Rick Mattioni in July 2012

BH Photo #234685

Overview: Tunnel on S. Tenth Street between Forbes Avenue and 2nd Avenue
Location: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1927; rehabilitated 1991
Builders: - Booth & Flinn Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Vernon R. Covell
Design: Tunnel
Dimensions: Total length: 1,298.0 ft.
Deck width: 19.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1986
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.43791, -79.99197 (decimal degrees)
40°26'16" N, 79°59'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/585493/4476850 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Pittsburgh East
Inventory numbers: PA 02 7301 3006 2021 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
NRHP 86000015 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 41384 (Bridgehunter.com ID)