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Nada Tunnel is a historic 900-foot (270 m) long tunnel along Kentucky Route 77 in Powell County, Kentucky, in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Formerly a railway tunnel, the tunnel has often been described as the "Gateway to Red River Gorge" for the shortcut it provides motorists to the Red River Gorge canyons of the Daniel Boone National Forest .
The rotating tunnel consists of a cylinder made of large rings secured together by trusses, rods, or braces. Typically 8–10 feet (2.4–3.0 m) in diameter and 10–20 feet (3.0–6.1 m) in length, the rings of the cylinder ride on hard rubber tires, large pulleys or spoked rims (as found on a bicycle without the tire).
Park Avenue Railroad Tunnel, Metro-North Railroad, Upper East Side, Manhattan; Queens–Midtown Tunnel, I-495 under East River between Midtown Manhattan and Queens; Riverside Park Tunnel, Amtrak/Metro-North Railroad, Manhattan; Other tunnels in New York State: New York City water supply system tunnels 1 and 2; New York City Water Tunnel No. 3
To enter the Gorge through Nada Tunnel, turn left onto KY-15 and then right onto KY-77. A quote for your week: “In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not ...
Built in the early 1900s so logs could be hauled out of the gorge by railroad, the 900-foot Nada Tunnel now allows one-lane traffic. A very long exposure in 2006 captured only the taillights of ...
Nov. 7—Aaron Cahal, left, is seen with his sister-in-law, Michelle Black, while working at the Haunted Tunnel in Ironton. The Ironton Lions Club operates the attraction, located in the Old Route ...
Off Tunnel Ridge Rd. along the Daniel Boone Trail [5]: 119 37°48′25″N 83°39′32″W / 37.806944°N 83.658889°W / 37.806944; -83.658889 ( Martin Fork Petroglyphs Nada
The 47-mile-long Trail Ridge Road is the signature drive of Rocky Mountain National Park. The highest continuously paved road in North America, it rises to 12,183 feet amid rugged peaks.