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The following is a list of tunnels in Pennsylvania.
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The following is a list of tunnels in Pennsylvania.
US 1.
I-81) [29] [30] | Name | Location | Carries | Crosses | Length | Opened | Notes |
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| 26th Street Tunnel | Philadelphia |  PA 291 | Intersection of Passyunk and Oregon Avenues just south of interchange with Schuylkill Expressway | [48] | ||
| Allegheny Mountain Tunnel | Somerset County |   I-70 / I-76 ( Pennsylvania Turnpike ) | Eastern Continental Divide | 6,070 feet (1,850 m) | 1939, 1965 | [49] |
| Armstrong Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Motor Vehicles | Duquesne University | 1,320 feet (400 m) | 1927 | |
| Berry Street Tunnel | Pittsburgh | West Busway | 2,800 feet (850 m) | 1865 | oldest road tunnel in the United States, originally a rail tunnel | |
| Blue Mountain Tunnel | Lurgan Township, northern Franklin County | I-76 ( Pennsylvania Turnpike ) | 4,339 feet (1,323 m) | [49] | ||
| Corliss Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Corliss Street | Norfolk Southern Railroad | 420 feet (130 m) | 1914 | |
| Fort Pitt Tunnel | Pittsburgh |  I-376 | Mount Washington | 3,614 feet (1,102 m) | 1960 | |
| "Ghost Tunnel" | Curtisville | Dawson Road | Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad | |||
| Penn's Landing Tunnel | Philadelphia |  I-95 | 1979 | |||
| Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel | Lurgan and Fannett Townships, northern Franklin County | I-76 ( Pennsylvania Turnpike ) | 4,727 feet (1,441 m) | [49] | ||
| Laurel Hill Tunnel | Cook and Jefferson Townships | Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) | 4,541 feet (1,384 m) | 1940 | [50] | |
| Lehigh Tunnel | Lehigh and Carbon counties |  I-476 (Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike ) | Blue Mountain | 4,400 feet (1,300 m) | 1957, 1991 | [51] |
| Liberty Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Crosstown Boulevard | Mount Washington | 5,889 feet (1,795 m) | 1924 | |
| Mount Washington Transit Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Light Rail and Port Authority of Allegheny County buses | Mount Washington | 3,500 feet (1,100 m) | 1904 | |
| Negro Mountain Tunnel | Somerset County | South Pennsylvania Railroad | Never used and omitted from the Pennsylvania Turnpike [52] | |||
| Rays Hill Tunnel | Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) | Rays Hill | 3,532 feet (1,077 m) | 1940 | [50] | |
| Sideling Hill Tunnel | Pennsylvania Turnpike (abandoned) | Sideling Hill | 6,782 feet (2,067 m) | 1940 | [50] | |
| Squirrel Hill Tunnel | Pittsburgh | I-376 | Squirrel Hill | 4,225 feet (1,288 m) | 1953 | |
| Spring Garden Street Tunnel | Philadelphia | Spring Garden Street | Philadelphia Museum of Art | |||
| Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel | Franklin and Huntingdon counties | I-76 ( Pennsylvania Turnpike ) | Tuscarora Mountain | 5,326 feet (1,623 m) | [49] | |
| Twin Tunnels | Downingtown | Valley Creek Road | [53] | |||
| University City Tunnel | Philadelphia | I-76 ( Schuylkill Expressway ) | 30th Street Station and several blocks of streets with the University of Pennsylvania on the west and openings toward the Schuylkill River on the east | [54] | ||
| Wabash Tunnel | Pittsburgh | Motor Vehicles | Mount Washington | 3,342 feet (1,019 m) | 2004 | originally open from 1903 to 1946 as a rail tunnel, now serves HOV traffic |
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