The Blue Ridge Tunnel (also known as the Crozet Tunnel) is a historic railroad tunnel built during the construction of the Blue Ridge Railroad in the 1850s. The tunnel was the westernmost and longest of four tunnels engineered by Claudius Crozet to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains at Rockfish Gap in central Virginia. At 4237 feet (1291 m) in length the tunnel was the longest tunnel in the United States at the time of its completion in 1858.
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closing year
1944-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
line length (μ)
1302.41
location
Rockfish Gap, Augusta County Virginia, Nelson County Virginia
opening year
1858-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
owner
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Blue Ridge Railroad (1849–70)
railway line using tunnel
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Blue Ridge Railroad (1849–70)
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