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Tunnel No. 6
Tunnel / West Virginia

Tunnel Nos. 5, 6 and 7 on the Kenova District, Scioto Division of the Norfolk & Western Railway were opened in 1904 with the completion of the line in Wayne County, West Virginia.



Boone Tunnel
Tunnel / Kentucky

The Boone Tunnel is an abandoned bore for US Route 68 in the vicinity of the Kentucky River in Jessamine County, Kentucky.



Pocahontas No. 2 Tunnel
Tunnel / West Virginia

Pocahontas No. 2 Tunnel is located along the former Norfolk & Western Railway Pocahontas Branch near Pocahontas, Virginia.



Norfolk and Western Railway Pocahontas Branch Tunnel No. 1
Tunnel / West Virginia, Virginia

Pocahontas No. 1 Tunnel is located along the former Norfolk & Western Railway Pocahontas Branch near Pocahontas, Virginia.



Tunnel No. 5
Tunnel / Kentucky

Tunnel No. 5, also known as the Ramey Tunnel, is an abandoned railroad tunnel in eastern Kentucky.



Memorial Tunnel
Tunnel / West Virginia

Memorial Tunnel formerly carried the West Virginia Turnpike under Paint Creek Mountain in Kanawha County, West Virginia.



Tunnel No. 3
Tunnel / Kentucky

The abandoned Tunnel Nos. 3 and 4 along the Cincinnati, New Orleans, and Texas Pacific Railway is located near Burnside, Kentucky.



Tunnel / Ohio

The Ironton Tunnel carried OH Route 75 under Cronacher’s Hill between Ironton and Coryville, Ohio.



Kentucky Union Railway
Tunnel / Kentucky

Torrent Tunnel is located along the former Kentucky Union Railway that once extended between Lexington and Jackson, Kentucky.



Tunnel / Kentucky

The Mill Creek Tunnel is an abandoned tunnel along the Louisville & Nashville Railroad’s “Short Line” in Carroll County, Kentucky.



Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Wheeling-Pittsburgh Subdivision
Tunnel / Pennsylvania

Tunnel No. 6 is located along the mostly abandoned Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Wheeling-Pittsburgh Subdivision west of Washington, Pennsylvania.



Youngstown & Southern Railroad Smith's Ferry Branch, Grimms Bridge Tunnel
Tunnel / Ohio

Grimms Bridge Tunnel is an abandoned tunnel along the Youngstown & Southern Railroad Smith’s Ferry Branch in eastern Ohio.



Williamstown Colliery Tunnel
Tunnel / Pennsylvania

The Williamstown Colliery Tunnel is an abandoned circa 1874 railroad tunnel under Big Lick Mountain in Pennsylvania. The tunnel connected the Summit Branch Railroad to 19 underground coal veins and the vast Bear Valley coal fields.



Kentucky Union Railway
Tunnel / Kentucky

The Natural Bridge Tunnel is along the abandoned Kentucky Union Railway (KU) which extended for 95 miles from Lexington to Jackson, Kentucky.



Sand Patch Tunnel
Tunnel / Pennsylvania

Sand Patch Tunnel is an abandoned 4,777-foot railroad tunnel that was constructed by the Pittsburgh & Connelsville Railroad in Pennsylvania.



Glady Tunnel
Tunnel / West Virginia

The Glady Tunnel is an abandoned 1,000-foot tunnel built for the Coal & Iron Railway under Shavers Mountain in Glady, West Virginia.



Statue of John Henry
Tunnel / West Virginia

The original Big Bend Tunnel was opened in 1872 to carry the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway underneath Big Bend Mountain in Talcott, West Virginia.



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