Rating:
4 votes
Allegheny Mountain Tunnel
Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel on Pennsylvania Turnpike/I-70/I-76
- Location
- Somerset County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Westbound tunnel completed 1940; eastound tunnel completed 1965
- Builder
- - Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
- Design
- Tunnel
- Dimensions
-
Total length: 6,070.0 ft. (1.1 mi.)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.96578, -78.86701 (decimal degrees)
39°57'57" N, 78°52'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/682169/4426137 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- New Baltimore
- Inventory number
- BH 37609 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 27, 2022: New photos from Drew a. Walters
- April 7, 2015: Photo imported by Dave King
- September 15, 2010: New photo from Daniel Hopkins
- October 13, 2008: Added by Rick Mattioni
Sources
- Rick Mattioni
- Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
- Wikipedia
- Drew a. Walters
Comments
Allegheny Mountain Tunnel
This tunnel was not built for the railroad. The original tunnel is about 80 feet to the south but was deemed unusable, an entirely new one was built.
Allegheny Mountain Tunnel
These turnpike tunnels were actually built for the railroads and then abandoned. Pennsylvania bought them when they were constructing their turnpike.
© Copyright 2021, Historic Bridge Foundation and contributors.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/pa/somerset/allegheny-mountain-tunnel/
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/pa/somerset/allegheny-mountain-tunnel/
One of my favorite vacations involves the 4 tunnels of this parkway. My two younger brothers and I with our Dad drove from Indiana to Camden New Jersey where Dad's old Battleship the USS New Jersey is now docked as a floating museum. That will always be a cherished vacation because it was the last trip Dad took before failing health took his life.
Thank you for posting the pictures on here.