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Bachman Tunnels
Photos
Bachman Tubes, West Approach Headed Eastbound
Chattanooga's third oldest tunnels, built specifically to handle tourist traffic on US 41-76.
Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in May 2008
BH Photo #116421
Video
Eastbound Bachman Tunnel, Chattanooga, TN Going east through the Bachman Tunnel Video posted by Eddie Douthitt |
Facts
- Overview
- Tunnels under Missonary Ridge on U.S. 41 and U.S. 76 (State Highway 8)
- Location
- Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1929
- Design
- Two single-lane tubes drilled using the I-beam method.
- Dimensions
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Total length: 1,034.8 ft.
- Also called
- Bachman Tubes
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.00915, -85.26937 (decimal degrees)
35°00'33" N, 85°16'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/657913/3875426 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Chattanooga
- Average daily traffic (as of 1998)
- 21,760
- Inventory numbers
- TN 33SR0080006 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 32540 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of October 1998)
- View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- April 8, 2015: Photo imported by Dave King
- May 2, 2010: Updated by Eddie Douthitt: New video from Eddie Douthitt
- July 4, 2008: Updated by Calvin Sneed
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The second photograph shows the height restriction signage.