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Pennsylvania Canal Tunnel: Pennsylvania Canal (Western Division) 40°26'29.0"N, 79°59'40.9"W: Sometimes confused with the Pittsburgh and Steubenville Extension Railroad tunnel, which is nearby Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Tunnel: Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad: Mount Washington: 40°25'41.20"N, 80°0'18.61"W: Also known as Mount ...
Pennsylvania (petit) truss Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR Bridge in Lynn Township: 1880 Removed March 21, 2003: Steinsville: Lehigh: Bowstring arch: Bridge in New Garden Township: 1871 June 22, 1988 Removed March 23, 2010: Landenberg
Turn Hole Tunnel, Jim Thorpe, Central Railroad of New Jersey (at the Glen Onoko access, abandoned but popular with Lehigh Gorge State Park guests) [41] [42] Closed to all access by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the owners of the tunnel, in 2023 because of rocks falling from the ceiling.
The bridge's function was to carry Panhandle Route passenger, mail and express trains from Pennsylvania Station in Pittsburgh, with a tunnel in between the station and the bridge. Pennsy Panhandle freight trains utilized the Ohio Connecting Bridge slightly downstream on the Ohio River , or went the long way around the West Virginia Panhandle ...
This 5.15-mile (8.29 km) section had the most bridges and tunnels per mile to carry the Pennsylvania Railroad right-of-way. The bridges were built between 1886 and 1902, and are multiple semi-circular arch bridges built of stone ashlar. An original tunnel was built in 1850, and is a 1,151-foot (351 m) long brick arched tunnel.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike ... tunnels, and bridges shall become a part of the system of State Highways and shall be maintained by the Department of Highways free of ...
The Squirrel Hill Tunnel is a tunnel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves as an eastern gateway to the city for I-376 and was completed in 1953 after 8 years of construction and at a cost of US$18 million. At the time of opening it was the single largest investment by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. It is 4,225 ...
This new tunnel had a height of 19.5 feet (5.9 m), lower than the main tunnel. The southern end was again extended around 1900 to add a sidewalk to the road. This 19 feet (5.8 m) extension lowered the height of the tunnel to the current 18.5 feet (5.6 m). [1]