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Sandy Creek Trail - Sandy Creek Tunnel
Photos
Mays Tunnel
West Portal
Photo taken by Bob McMullen 8/28/2009
View this photo at panoramio.com
BH Photo #267530
Description
This is actually two tunnels. The original was built in the early 1900s. When the tunnel & RR right-of-way was purchased for converstion into a rail-trail, the tunnel was determined to be unsafe. To fix this, a smaller tunnel was created inside the original tube, with the space between filled with concrete and recycled rubber tires.Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel on Sandy Creek Trail
- Location
- Venango County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built originally as part of the Franklin & Clearfield Railroad
- Railroads
- - Franklin & Clearfield Railroad (F&C)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Design
- Tunnel
- Dimensions
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Total length: 967.0 ft.
- Also called
- Sandy Creek Trail - Mays Mills Tunnel
Sandy Creek Trail - Deep Valley Tunnel
Tunnel No. 1 - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.32207, -79.73944 (decimal degrees)
41°19'19" N, 79°44'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/605498/4575277 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Cranberry
- Inventory number
- BH 58236 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 11, 2021: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- December 23, 2020: Updated by Geoff Hubbs: Added built date and length
- October 1, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Rail-to-trail", "Railroad", "Franklin & Clearfield Railroad"
- October 1, 2013: Added by Michael Miller
Sources
- Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Geoff Hubbs
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also, known as Mays Mills Tunnel