Whitehall Tunnel: Difference between revisions

|system = CSXAllegheny Valley Railroad

|openopened = 1900

|owner = Allegheny Valley Railroad

|operator = Allegheny Valley Railroad

|gauge = {{RailGauge|sg|al=on|lkallk=on}}

The '''Whitehall Tunnel''' in [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]] was originally built by the [[B&O Railroad]] in 1899 as a double -track tunnel. <ref>{{cite web |title=Whitehall Tunnel |url=http://pghbridges.com/glassport/0587-4466/borr_whitehall_tun.htm |accessdateaccess-date=2009-202-28}}</ref> The tunnel was completed in 1900. <ref>{{cite news |title= Yards on the Fairmont|curly= |url= |format= |agency= |work=The Courier |publisher= |location=Connelsville, Pennsylvania |id= |page=1 |date=27 July 1900 |accessdate=5 March 2009 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref>

It was part of the [[Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad]], and allowed the B&O to bypass its former route into Pittsburgh along the [[Pittsburgh Southern Railway|Pittsburgh Southern]] and [[Little Saw Mill Run Railroad]].<ref>{{cite Itnews is|title=Baltimore currentlyand aOhio's single-trackCutt tunnel,Off owned|url= byhttps://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1883/07/03/103438623.pdf |newspaper= [[CSXNew York Times]].|date=3 July 1883 |access-date=19 December 2010}}</ref> One worker, Antonio De Bono, was killed during its construction. <ref>{{cite news |title=Fatal cave-in in a tunnel |work= [[New York Times]] |date= 25 March 1900|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2009 |quote= |url=httphttps://querytimesmachine.nytimes.com/memtimesmachine/archive-free1900/03/25/102582003.pdf?_r=1&res=9F05E7DD1E3CE433A25756C2A9659C946197D6CF }} </ref>

It is currently a single-track tunnel, owned by the [[Allegheny Valley Railroad]]. The tunnel is approached from [[Glenwood B&O Railroad Bridge|Glenwood]] in the south, up a steep grade along the [[Streets Run]] valley to the northern end of the tunnel. The line continues from the southern end to [[Bruceton, Pennsylvania]].

{{convert|28 |ft |m|abbr=on|adj=mid|wide}} at base;

{{convert|30 |ft |m|abbr=on|adj=mid|wide}} at [[spring line]];

{{convert|23 |ft|m|abbr=on}} from top of rail to top of arch rise

[[Category:Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridges and tunnels]]

[[Category:TransportationTunnels in PittsburghAllegheny County, Pennsylvania]]

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