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  2. Portage Glacier Highway - Wikipedia

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    The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, often called the Whittier Tunnel after the town at its eastern terminus, is a dual-use ("bimodal") highway and railroad tunnel that passes under Maynard Mountain. The tunnel is at 60°46′59″N 148°45′54″W  /  60.783°N 148.765°W  / 60.783; -148

  3. Maynard Mountain - Wikipedia

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    The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, often called the Whittier Tunnel, is a dual-use highway and railroad tunnel that passes through Maynard Mountain. With a length of 13,300 feet (4,100 meters), it is the second-longest highway tunnel and longest combined rail and highway tunnel in North America.

  4. List of tunnels in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, 13,300 feet (4,100 m), rail (Alaska Railroad) and highway (Portage Glacier Road), near Whittier; Arizona.

  5. Whittier, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Known by locals as the Whittier tunnel or the Portage tunnel, the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel is a tunnel through Maynard Mountain. It links the Seward Highway south of Anchorage with Whittier and is the only land access to the town. It is part of the Portage Glacier Highway and at 13,300 feet (4,100 m), is the second-longest highway tunnel ...

  6. Template:Alaska Railroad main line - Wikipedia

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    Anton Anderson Tunnel . 52 mi: 84 km . Whittier. Alaska-Rail Marine barge. ... This is a route-map template for the Alaska Railroad, a United States railway.

  7. Anton Anderson - Wikipedia

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    Anderson served on the Anchorage City Council before being appointed in 1956 to complete the term of Mayor Ken Hinchey. Anderson was elected the following year, but ill health forced him to resign early. Anderson died in 1960. In 1976, the tunnel from Whittier to Portage, which he had overseen, was renamed the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel.

  8. Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    Portage Glacier Highway#Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel To a section : This is a redirect from a topic that does not have its own page to a section of a page on the subject. For redirects to embedded anchors on a page, use {{ R to anchor }} instead .

  9. Portage Glacier - Wikipedia

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    The Portage Glacier Road runs 6 miles (9.7 km), mostly past USFS campgrounds, to the Begich, Boggs Visitor Center. The main road used to end here, but now continues eastward, leading to the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel and to Whittier.