Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel

Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel
Overview
Tuscarora Tunnel, Western Portal
Location	Tuscarora Mountain, Franklin / Huntingdon counties, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates	40°05′21″N 77°50′41″W / 40.0892°N 77.8446°W / 40.0892; -77.8446Coordinates: 40°05′21″N 77°50′41″W / 40.0892°N 77.8446°W / 40.0892; -77.8446
Route	I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike)
Operation
Operator	Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Toll	Tolls vary by location of entry and exit of turnpike, E-ZPass available
Technical
Length	5,326 feet (1,623 m) or 1.1 miles (1.8 km)
Number of lanes	4
Tunnel clearance	14 feet (4.3 m) (estimated)

Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel is one of four original Pennsylvania Turnpike tunnels still in active use. A second tube was bored in the late 1960s to ease traffic conditions. The Tuscarora Mountain tunnels measure 1.1 miles (1.8 km) in length and are the second-longest active tunnels on the Pennsylvania Turnpike system. The 1.3-mile-long (2.1 km) Sideling Hill Tunnel is the longest overall, but was abandoned in 1968. Allegheny Mountain Tunnel is the longest in active use. The Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel sits on the Huntingdon/Franklin County line.

References

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

Completed highways	Mainline Turnpike (I-70, I-76, I-276) Northeast Extension (I-476) James E. Ross Highway (I-376) Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass (Turnpike 66)

Partially-completed highways	I-95 Connector Mon–Fayette Expressway (Turnpike 43) Southern Beltway (Turnpike 576)

Tunnels and bridges	Allegheny Mountain Tunnel Allegheny River Bridge Beaver River Bridge Blue Mountain Tunnel Delaware River Bridge Diamond Run Viaduct Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel Lehigh Tunnel Mingo Creek Viaduct Mon–Fayette Expressway Bridge Schuylkill River Bridge Susquehanna River Bridge Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel

Aborted expansion plans	Chester Extension Erie Extension Gettysburg Extension Keystone Shortway Northwest & Southwest Extension Philadelphia Loop Extension Scranton Extension

Historical structures	Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike Laurel Hill Tunnel Negro Mountain Tunnel Quemahoning Tunnel Rays Hill Tunnel Sideling Hill Tunnel South Pennsylvania Railroad

Tolling systems	E-ZPass

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