Seaboard Air Line Tunnel

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Seaboard Air Line Tunnel

Columbia, SC recently reopened the former Seaboard Air Line tunnel downtown up again, but as a walking and biking trail this time. These three ladies are among the first group to use the six hundred foot tunnel in this way.

Photo taken by Joseph Hinson

View this photo on Flickr

BH Photo #248283

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Street View 

Description 

-- Closed to rail traffic in the early 1990s by SAL successor CSX

-- Reopened in 2012 as a pedestrian walk way

Facts 

Overview

Tunnel under Hampton Street and Washington Street on the former Seaboard Air Line in Columbia

Location

Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina

Status

Open to pedestrians only

History

Once a railroad tunnel, now open as a pedestrian trail

Railroads

- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Seaboard Air Line Railway (SAL)
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL)
- Seaboard System Railroad (SBD)

Design

Tunnel

Dimensions

Total length: 600.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+34.00229, -81.03964   (decimal degrees)
34°00'08" N, 81°02'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/496339/3762410 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Columbia North

Inventory number

BH 55497 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• March 15, 2014: New Street View added by Luke Harden
• February 14, 2013: Updated by Joseph Hinson: Included a brief history
• February 9, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added "tunnel" asthe design
• February 8, 2013: Updated by Joseph Hinson: Added categories "Rail-to-trail", "Seaboard Air Line Railway", "Tunnel"

Related Bridges 

• SAL- Lincoln Street Viaduct (Same project) - The Lincoln Street Viaduct and Seaboard Air Line Tunnel were on the same rail line about a half mile from one another.

Sources 

• Joseph Hinson - joethephotog [at] yahoo [dot] com
• F. Will Martin - Columbia area photographs on Railroad Picture Archives
• Luke

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