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The Tunnel Hill State Trail is a bicycle trail running from Eldorado to Karnak, Illinois. The trail runs along the former bed of a part of the Cairo and Vincennes Railroad , a transportation unit led during its early years by Civil War General Ambrose Burnside .
Tunnel Hill State Trail tunnel, abandoned rail tunnel, 543-foot-long (166 m) former Cairo and Vincennes Railroad tunnel now part of Tunnel Hill State Trail, used as a hiking and bike rail trail, between Tunnel Hill and Vienna in Johnson County; Van Buren Street Tunnel, streetcar tunnel, Van Buren Street under the Chicago River in Chicago, abandoned
Tunnel Hill is an unincorporated community in northwestern Johnson County, Illinois. It is best known for its namesake railroad tunnel that gives the name to the Tunnel Hill State Trail , a rails-to-trails project developed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
Sep. 24—For about two decades, Tunnel Hill officials have labored to turn the city's historic railroad depot into a community center and tourist attraction. Now, that vision has become a reality.
The community was first known as Doe Run. It was incorporated on March 4, 1848, as Tunnelsville, and changed its name in 1856 to Tunnel Hill. Both names refer to the nearby 1,497-foot (456 m) Chetoogeta Mountain Tunnel railroad tunnel cut through Chetoogeta Mountain, officially dedicated on October 31, 1849 by Etowah steel-maker Mark A. Cooper on behalf of the state-owned Western & Atlantic ...
Herron has achieved success in trail running as well, with wins at various races including the JFK 50 Mile, [46] Bandera 100 km, Black Canyon 100 km, [47] Tunnel Hill 100 (course record), [48] Tarawera Ultramarathon 100 km and 100 miles (course records at both), and the Javelina Jundred (course record) [49] She won the Tarawera 100 Miler in a ...
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The Sideling Hill and Rays Hill tunnels were bypassed by a 13-mile (21 km) new highway, as was the Cove Valley Travel Plaza, which was located on the westbound side of the eastern portal of the Sideling Hill Tunnel. Instead, a new Sideling Hill Travel Plaza was built to cater for travelers in both directions of the highway.