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GAP - Big Savage Tunnel

Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Photo 

Photo taken by Joseph

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Map 

Facts 

Overview
Tunnel on Great Allegheny Passage
Location
Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Buil 1911,
Railroads
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (BO)
- Chessie System Railroads (B&O/C&O/WM)
- Western Maryland Railway (WM)
Design
Tunnel
Dimensions
Span length: 3,295.0 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Total length: 3,295.0 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.72395, -78.89917   (decimal degrees)
39°43'26" N, 78°53'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/680053/4399229 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Frostburg
Inventory number
BH 58211 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (479)
Bore Tunnel (291)
Built 1911 (795)
Built during 1910s (9,710)
Chessie System Railroads (95)
Great Allegheny Passage (23)
Open to pedestrians (4,280)
Owned by state (16,098)
 Pennsylvania (5,349)
Rail-to-trail (1,572)
Railroad (15,663)
Somerset County, Pennsylvania (119)
Span length over 1000 feet (106)
Total length over 2500 feet (919)
Tunnel (1,318)
Western Maryland Railway (90)

Update Log 

  • September 29, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
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GAP - Big Savage Tunnel
Posted April 30, 2017, by Caden (cprrank [at] gmail [dot] com)

Does anyone by chance know where you can park to access the trail nearby the tunnel? Thanks in advance! cprrank@gmail.com