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Woodland Scenics, along with its PineCar and Scene-A-Rama divisions, manufactures model scenery, gravity-driven pinewood racecars and educational arts and crafts. The company was founded in 1975 by David Osment, the owner/operator of the architectural firm, Osment Models, Inc., based in Shawnee Mission , Kansas .
The tunnel has a flat concrete floor and concrete-finished walls and ceiling. The cables run down both sides of the tunnel attached to metal framework. Six cables run along each wall, each about 12 inches (300 mm) in diameter with thick insulation and other ducting and cables run along the floor.
Abandoned Little Ike Tunnel's south portal near Horsethief Park Trailhead SH 67 is an original 1920s state highway and was originally an unbroken route. In 1994, the route was rerouted around the Little Ike Tunnel near Cripple Creek , altering the location of the Horsethief Park Trail trailhead to the east side of the tunnel.
In August of 2022, she started her little home project off by cutting out a human-sized opening off the side of her sub-basement, then carving into the brick foundation to get started on this tunnel.
The tunnel itself is still intact but is sealed at both ends. In 1994, home developers filled in the approach ravine and tunnel mouth and constructed residential homes on this fill and on top of the tunnel. The upper foot of the top of the tunnel portal could be observed in the back yard of one of the new homes.
The replacement for a crumbling underwater tunnel connecting New York City and New Jersey that carries up to 200,000 people daily just received the largest-ever federal transportation grant ...
Tunnel Construction. Tunnels are dug in types of materials varying from soft clay to hard rock. The method of tunnel construction depends on such factors as the ground conditions, the ground water conditions, the length and diameter of the tunnel drive, the depth of the tunnel, the logistics of supporting the tunnel excavation, the final use and shape of the tunnel and appropriate risk management.
A twin bridge, the Portal South Bridge, would eventually double the number of tracks to four, thus matching the rest of the Northeast Corridor. [166] Construction on the Portal North bridge began on August 1, 2022, with a groundbreaking ceremony. [167] The Portal North Bridge was halfway complete and on budget by mid-May 2024. [168]