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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 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.
State Street Subway, rail transit tunnel, 1943, 4.9 miles (7.9 km) long, CTA 'L' Red Line under State Street in Chicago; 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 ...
The Tunnel Hill State Trail trail-head and headquarters is located in Vienna. The Trail of Tears halfway point commemorative totem and flags are located in the adjacent city park. Vienna is home to the Johnson County Courthouse and the Vienna Public Library, which are on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Tunnel Hill State Trail, a 45-mile (72 km) rail trail, traverses Stonefort. According to the 2010 census, Stonefort has a total area of 1.456 square miles (3.77 km 2 ), of which 1.45 square miles (3.76 km 2 ) (or 99.59%) is land and 0.006 square miles (0.02 km 2 ) (or 0.41%) is water.
The proposed mixed-use development includes multiple vacant parcels on Tunnel Hill Road, located off of Ind. 64 and near the Interstate 64 interchange. According to Sprigler's request, the ...
More recently, the Tunnel Hill State Trail for bicycles was built along the abandoned line. The village was founded in 1872, and was a Cairo and Vincennes Railroad boom-town. Much of its founding was based on the same coal mining industry that grew Harrisburg and Carrier Mills , but slowly turned to an orchard-based economy by 1900.
The Tunnel Hill State Trail, a 45-mile (72 km) rail trail, passes through the village. According to the 2010 census, Muddy has a total area of 0.301 square miles (0.78 km 2 ), of which 0.3 square miles (0.78 km 2 ) (or 99.67%) is land and 0.001 square miles (0.00 km 2 ) (or 0.33%) is water.