General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Road tunnel |
|---|---|
| Structure: |
Tunnel |
Location
| Location: |
Oahu Island, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA |
|---|---|
| Location description: |
The tunnel passes through the Ko‘olau Range on Oahu Island. |
| Coordinates: | 21° 22' 47.05" N 157° 48' 42.25" W |
| Coordinates: | 21° 22' 31.94" N 157° 49' 7.97" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| tube 1 | length | 845.8 m |
| tube 2 | length | 857.4 m |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The John H. Wilson Tunnels are a pair of highway tunnels passing through the Ko‘olau Range on the island of O‘ahu. The tunnels are located on Likelike Highway (Route 63), which connects Kāneʻohe with Honolulu, and are 2775 feet (845.8 m) long westbound and 2813 feet (857.4 m) long eastbound.
The tunnels are named after former Honolulu Mayor John H. Wilson, who built the first carriage road over the Nu‘uanu Pali in 1898. While mayor, Wilson advocated a tunnel connecting Kaneohe with Honolulu through Kalihi Valley. The City and County of Honolulu spent US$12 million on the tunnels and highway. Construction started on the Honolulu-bound tunnel in January 1954, and the Kāneʻohe-bound tunnel in 1957. Five lives were lost during their construction, and they were opened to traffic in November 1960. The tunnels are now maintained by the Hawaii State Department of Transportation.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "John H. Wilson Tunnels" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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20051224 - Published on:
02/01/2010 - Last updated on:
19/05/2015
