General Information
| Completion: | 1905 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) tunnel |
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| Structure: |
Tunnel |
Location
| Location: |
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA |
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| Coordinates: | 47° 36' 1.76" N 122° 19' 45.24" W |
| Coordinates: | 47° 36' 34.37" N 122° 20' 36.41" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| length | 1 567 m | |
| number of tracks | 2 | |
| track gauge | 1 435 mm |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Great Northern Tunnel is a 1-mile (1.6 km) double-tracked railway tunnel under downtown Seattle, Washington, completed by the Great Northern Railway in 1905, and now owned by the BNSF Railway, on its Scenic Subdivision. At the time it was built, it was the tallest and widest tunnel in the United States, at 28 feet (8.5 m) high and 30 feet (9.1 m) wide.
The southern portal is just north of King Street Station, and the northern in Victor Steinbrueck Park, between Virginia and Pine Streets. The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel passes four feet below the Great Northern Tunnel.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Great Northern Tunnel" and modified on December 11, 2024 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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20051294 - Published on:
04/01/2010 - Last updated on:
09/12/2024
