This tunnel is the only land access to Whittier, AK.
It is a railroad tunnel that allows one lane of traffic when a train is not scheduled. The vehicle traffic alternates direction every half hour. The fans have to be reversed when the traffic flow is reversed.
The tunnel is 4km (2.5 miles) long. [tommorow.city]
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| Street View, Oct 2021 |
Because the tunnel changes direction every half hour, it has parking at the entrance to queue up the cars waiting to go the other direction. The tunnel closes at 11pm so if you are not careful, you can get stuck in Whitter overnight.
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| Street View, Aug 2009 |
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| Facebook Reel [A comment observed that you could tell that she was a city girl because she locked her van.] |
There used to be railcar ferries, but they don't look like they are active anymore.
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| Satellite |
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