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BNSF - Hewitt's Tunnel

Klickitat County, Washington

Photo 

West Portal

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in April '10

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BH Photo #162839

Map 

Description 

Built by the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway

Facts 

Overview
Bridge on BNSF Railway
Location
Klickitat County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1908
Railroads
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Great Northern Railway (GN)
- Northern Pacific Railway (NP)
- Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway (SPS)
Design
Tunnel
Dimensions
Total length: 966.0 ft.
Also called
SPS - Hewitt's Tunnel
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.70692, -121.33164   (decimal degrees)
45°42'25" N, 121°19'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/629864/5062838 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lyle
Inventory number
BH 44925 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

BNSF Railway (1,589)
Bore Tunnel (296)
Built 1908 (789)
Built during 1900s (7,682)
Great Northern Railway (396)
Klickitat County, Washington (28)
Northern Pacific Railway (456)
 Open (41,013)
Owned by railroad (13,566)
Railroad (16,518)
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway (75)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,089)
Tunnel (1,360)
Washington (1,383)

Update Log 

  • March 16, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway"
  • April 18, 2010: Added by Nathan Morton

Sources 

  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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