List of tunnels in Pennsylvania
The following is a list of tunnels in Pennsylvania.
See also
- List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
- List of tunnels in the United States
Rail tunnels
- Acheson Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Washington County
- Allegheny River Tunnel, Pittsburgh Light Rail, Pittsburgh
- Benford Tunnel, CSX Transportation, Confluence, daylighted in 2012
- Big Savage Tunnel, 3,294 feet (1,004 m) Wellersburg, was Western Maryland Railway, now Rails-to-trails
- Bow Ridge Tunnel (1864), Pennsylvania Railroad, Westmoreland County
- Bow Ridge Tunnel (1907), Pennsylvania Railroad, 630 feet (190 m) Westmoreland County ,
- Buxton Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Avella, Washington County, one mile east of the West Virginia border
- Black Rock Tunnel, 1,931 feet (589 m), Phoenixville, Reading Railroad
- Broad Street Tunnel, carrying the Broad Street Subway under Broad Street but over submerged
US 1. - Brook Tunnel, CSX Transportation
- Buck Mountain Coal Company Gravity Railroad Tunnel, 135 feet (41 m), Carbon County (abandoned)
- Carr's Tunnel Penn Central Greensburg, Pennsylvania
- Catasauqua Tunnel, Lehigh and New England Railroad (abandoned), Catasauqua, Lehigh County, both portals covered, 735 feet
- Center City Commuter Connection Tunnel, Philadelphia, SEPTA
- Coburn Tunnel, Centre County, Pennsylvania Railroad (abandoned, now part of Penns Creek Trail)
- Columbia Tunnel, Columbia, Pennsylvania Railroad (Columbia Branch) (abandoned)
- Conococheague Mountain Tunnel, Path Valley Railroad, Perry County (incomplete, abandoned 100 feet (30 m) from north portal)
- Cork Run Tunnel, Pennsylvania Railroad, Pittsburgh
- Craighead Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Avella, Washington County, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the West Virginia border near Buxton and Stateline Tunnels.
- Crown Avenue Tunnel, 4,747 feet (1,447 m), Scranton, Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad (now Electric City Trolley)
- Dillinger Tunnel, Emmaus, Reading Railroad (Perkiomen Branch)
- Factoryville Tunnels, 2,250 feet (690 m), east tunnel built in 1851, west tunnel built in 1883, both abandoned in 1915. (Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad,) Factoryville to Nicholson
- Falls Cut Tunnel, CSX Transportation
- Flat Rock Tunnel, 937 feet (286 m), Gladwyne, Reading Railroad (aside of and visible from the Schuylkill Expressway)
- Friendship Tunnel, Clearfield County, New York Central Railroad (abandoned)
- Fulton Tunnel, Clearfield, New York Central Railroad
- Gallitzin Tunnel, 3,605 feet (1,099 m), Pennsylvania Railroad, through Allegheny Mountain and under the Eastern Continental Divide
- Girard Tunnel, St. Clair, Mill Creek Mine Railroad (abandoned)
- Grays Ferry Tunnel, CSX, Grays Ferry, Philadelphia
- Hickory Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Washington County
- Hogback Tunnel, Clearfield County, Beech Creek Railroad
- Howard Tunnel, Northern Central Railway, New Salem, second oldest active U.S. railroad tunnel, constructed in 1837, now on the York County Heritage Rail Trail
- Hoyt Tunnel, Clearfield County, New York Central Railroad (abandoned)
- Jacks Mountain Tunnel, Adams County, was Western Maryland Railway, now CSX
- Jeddo Tunnel, Hazle Brook, Reading and Northern Railroad (former Lehigh Valley Railroad)
- J&L Tunnel, CSX Transportation, Pittsburgh
- Karthaus Tunnel, Karthaus, Clearfield County, New York Central Railroad
- Lansford-Hauto Tunnel, Lansford, Lehigh and New England Railroad (abandoned), 3800 feet
- Lake Shore Tunnel, Oil City (abandoned)
- Lofty Tunnel, 1,100 feet (340 m), Schuylkill County, Reading Railroad, under Broad Mountain and the divide between the Delaware and Susquehanna River watersheds (abandoned)
- Mahanoy Tunnel, 4,000 feet (1,200 m), Mahanoy City, Reading Railroad, under Broad Mountain and the divide between the Delaware and Susquehanna River watersheds
- Market Street Tunnel (West Philadelphia and Downtown Philadelphia), carrying rapid transit and streetcars under Market Street and the Schuylkill River
- Market Street Tunnel (West Philadelphia), carrying commuter rail trains under 32nd Street, and including an abandoned branch
- McGugin Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Washington County
- Mount Cobb Tunnel, 755 feet (230 m), constructed 1850, used until 1885. Pennsylvania Coal Company Gravity Railroad, Mt. Cobb, Lackawanna County (abandoned)
- Nay Aug Tunnel, Dunmore, Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad
- Negro Mountain Tunnel, initial construction done for the South Pennsylvania Railroad, but later omitted from the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
- Nicholson Tunnel, Built by Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad in 1915, Factoryville to Nicholson Still used by Canadian Pacific Railway, and Norfolk Southern Railway trackage rights trains.
- Panther Hollow Tunnel, CSX Transportation, Pittsburgh
- Peale Tunnel, 1,277 feet (389 m), Clearfield County, Beech Creek Railroad (abandoned - now part of Snow Shoe Rail-Trail)
- Penobscot Mountain Tunnel, Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway, Nuangola, Pennsylvania (2,700 feet (820 m), abandoned, north portal filled below
I-81) - Perkasie Tunnel, Perkasie, Reading Railroad (Bethlehem Branch)
- Pinkerton Tunnel 2, Pinkerton, Somerset County, Western Maryland Railway (abandoned)
- Pinkerton Tunnel, Pinkerton, Somerset County, B&O Railroad, now CSX Transportation Scheduled to be daylighted in 2012
- Phoenixville Tunnel (a.k.a. Fairview Tunnel), 811 feet (247 m), Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Railroad (Schuylkill Valley Branch) (abandoned)
- Poe Paddy Tunnel, Centre County, Pennsylvania Railroad (abandoned - now part of Penns Creek Trail)
- Pottsville Tunnel, Pottsville, Pennsylvania Railroad (Schuylkill Valley Branch) (abandoned)
- Pulpit Rock Tunnel, 1,637 feet (499 m), Port Clinton, Reading Railroad (abandoned), constructed 1838
- Quemahoning Mountain Tunnel, Pittsburgh, Westmoreland and Somerset Railroad, omitted from the Pennsylvania Turnpike
- Radebaugh Tunnel, west of Greensburg, Pennsylvania Railroad, daylighted
- Rockport Tunnel, Rockport, Carbon County, Lehigh Valley Railroad (in Lehigh Gorge State Park, south portal visible from towpath across the river)
- Sabula Tunnels, Pennsylvania Railroad and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Clearfield County (go under the Eastern Continental Divide)
- Saint Clair Tunnel, St. Clair, Pennsylvania Railroad (abandoned)
- Saltsburg Tunnel, Norfolk Southern Railway, Saltsburg
- Sand Patch Tunnel, Somerset County, under the Eastern Continental Divide:
- First tunnel (1871), 4,777 feet (1,456 m), Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad (later Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) (abandoned)
- Second tunnel (1913), 4,475 feet (1,364 m), Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (now CSX Transportation)
- Schenley Tunnel, P&W Subdivision, Pittsburgh
- Shawsville Tunnel, Shawsville, Clearfield County, New York Central Railroad
- Shoofly Tunnel, CSX Transportation, daylighted in 2012, Confluence
- Shuman Tunnel, Mainville, Columbia County, Reading Railroad (Catawissa Branch) (abandoned)
- Sideling Hill Tunnel, 6,782 feet (2,067 m), former Pennsylvania Turnpike, Fulton County
- Sideling Hill Tunnel (1874), 830 feet (250 m), East Broad Top Railroad, Huntingdon County
- Spruce Creek Tunnels, Pennsylvania Railroad, Huntingdon County
- Staple Bend Tunnel, first U.S. railroad tunnel, 901 feet (275 m), Allegheny Portage Railroad, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County (abandoned but now part of the historic Allegheny Portage Railroad)
- State Line Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Washington County
- Tamaqua Tunnel, Tamaqua, Reading and Northern Railroad (former Reading Company)
- Turn Hole Tunnel, Jim Thorpe, Central Railroad of New Jersey (at the Glen Onoko access, abandoned but popular with Lehigh Gorge State Park guests)
- Vosburg Tunnel, Lehigh Valley Railroad, Vosburg, Wyoming County
- Wabash Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Pittsburgh
- Wadesville Tunnel, Wadesville, Danville and Pottsville Railroad (destroyed by strip mining), second U.S. railroad tunnel
- White Cottage Tunnel, Pennsylvania Railroad, near Holbrook, Greene County
- White Haven Tunnel, White Haven, Central Railroad of New Jersey
- White Tunnel, Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad, Indiana
- Whitehall Tunnel originally B&O Railroad, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- Windsor Castle Tunnel, Allentown Railroad, Windsor Castle, Berks County, Pennsylvania (incomplete/abandoned)
- Wrays Hill Tunnel, 1,138 feet (347 m), East Broad Top Railroad, Huntingdon County
- Yatesville Tunnel, Yatesville, Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad (abandoned)
Road tunnels
| Name | Location | Carries | Crosses | Length | Opened | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26th Street Tunnel | Philadelphia |  PA 291 |
Intersection of Passyunk and Oregon Avenues just south of interchange with Schuylkill Expressway | |||
| Allegheny Mountain Tunnel | Somerset County |   I-70 / I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) |
Eastern Continental Divide | 6,070 feet (1,850 m) | 1939, 1965 | |
| Armstrong Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Duquesne University | 1,320 feet (400 m) | 1927 | ||
| Blue Mountain Tunnel | Lurgan Township, northern Franklin County | I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) |
4,339 feet (1,323 m) | |||
| Fort Pitt Tunnel | Pittsburgh |  I-376 |
Mount Washington | 3,614 feet (1,102 m) | 1960 | |
| "Ghost Tunnel" | Curtisville | Dawson Road | Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad | |||
| Penn's Landing Tunnel | Philadelphia |  I-95 |
1979 | |||
| Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel | Lurgan and Fannett Townships, northern Franklin County | I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) |
4,727 feet (1,441 m) | |||
| Laurel Hill Tunnel | Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) | 4,541 feet (1,384 m) | 1940 | |||
| Lehigh Tunnel | Lehigh and Carbon counties |  I-476 (Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike) |
Blue Mountain | 4,400 feet (1,300 m) | 1957, 1991 | |
| Liberty Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Mount Washington | 5,889 feet (1,795 m) | 1924 | ||
| Mount Washington Transit Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Light Rail and Port Authority of Allegheny County buses | Mount Washington | 3,500 feet (1,100 m) | 1904 | |
| Negro Mountain Tunnel | Somerset County | South Pennsylvania Railroad | Never used and omitted from the Pennsylvania Turnpike | |||
| Rays Hill Tunnel | Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) | Rays Hill | 3,532 feet (1,077 m) | 1940 | ||
| Sideling Hill Tunnel | Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) | Sideling Hill | 6,782 feet (2,067 m) | 1940 | ||
| Squirrel Hill Tunnel | Pittsburgh | I-376 |
Squirrel Hill | 4,225 feet (1,288 m) | 1953 | |
| Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel | Franklin and Huntingdon counties | I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) |
Tuscarora Mountain | 5,326 feet (1,623 m) | ||
| Twin Tunnels | Downingtown | Valley Creek Road | ||||
| University City Tunnel | Philadelphia | I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway) |
30th Street Station and several blocks of streets with the University of Pennsylvania on the west and openings toward the Schuylkill River on the east |
Other transportation tunnels
- Auburn Tunnel on the Schuylkill Canal, 450 feet (140 m), Auburn, daylighted in 1857
- Union Canal Tunnel, 0.6 miles (0.97 km), Lebanon
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