J&L Tunnel (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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The J&L Tunnel — really just a trench with a steel-supported roof — was dug in the 1880s to allow the Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Railroad to pass beneath the mills of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. The surface above the tunnel is now green space within the SouthSide Works complex (a brownfield redevelopment of the former J&L site). The railroad line passing through is now CSX's Pittsburgh Subdivision.
In 2011-2012, the roof slab was raised slightly to accommodate double-stack freight trains.
In 2011-2012, the roof slab was raised slightly to accommodate double-stack freight trains.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°25'40"N 79°57'52"W
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- Tunnel No. 2 7.6 km
- Laurel Hill Tunnel (Repurposed) 72 km
- Allegheny Mountain Tunnel 107 km
- Sand Patch Tunnel 109 km
- Black Hand Gorge 199 km
- C&O Big Bend Tunnel 317 km
- Elkhorn Tunnel 363 km
- Cincinnati Subway (Abandoned) 416 km
- Cumberland Gap Tunnel 535 km
- Pittsburgh Technology Center 0.5 km
- South Oakland Neighborhood 0.6 km
- Southside Flats Neighborhood 1.2 km
- South Side Park 1.3 km
- Arlington Heights Neighborhood 1.3 km
- Southside Slopes Neighborhood 1.4 km
- Arlington Neighborhood 1.5 km
- St. Clair Neighborhood 2.2 km
- Mount Oliver Neighborhood 2.3 km
- Hazelwood Neighborhood 2.5 km