Blue Ridge Tunnel
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railway, tunnel
The 1,865' long Blue Ridge Tunnel was built by the Clinchfield Railroad, which ran 277 miles between Spartanburg SC and Elkhorn City KY. This line has 54 tunnels, and is now part of CSX Railroad.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinchfield_Railroad
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 35°53'11"N 82°1'6"W
- Spencer Yard 149 km
- Railroad Realignment between Newry, SC and Clemson, SC (Abandoned) 154 km
- Railroad Realignment between Westminster, SC and Toccoa, GA (Abandoned) 178 km
- Columbia & Greenville Railroad Abbeville Branch (Abandoned) 181 km
- CSX Maxwell Yard 189 km
- Elberton, GA - (unfinished) Railroad (Abandoned) 213 km
- CSX Hamlet Yard 235 km
- Seaboard Air Line Railroad – Durham, N.C. to Creedmoor, N.C. 287 km
- Branchville, South Carolina 311 km
- SAM Shortline Passenger Train route 470 km
- Unimin Schoolhouse Mine and Quartz Processing Plant 7.2 km
- Quartz Corporation Mine 8.6 km
- Linville Falls, North Carolina 11 km
- Normanville, North carolina 13 km
- Micaville, North Carolina 18 km
- Lake James 18 km
- Mt. Mitchell Golf Club 21 km
- Avery County, North Carolina 25 km
- Mount Mitchell State Park 27 km
- Burke County, North Carolina 32 km