List of tunnels in the United States
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The following is a list of some tunnels in the United States of America. More tunnels may be found in each state than are included on this list.
Alabama
5th Avenue North Tunnel, Birmingham. Completed in 1909, this road tunnel runs beneath the former Birmingham Terminal Station site, now occupied by the Red Mountain Expressway.
John H. Bankhead Tunnel, a 3,389-foot-long (1,033 m) road tunnel, US 98 under the Mobile River in Mobile.
Blount Tunnel, a rail tunnel near Blount Springs.
Brocks Gap Tunnel, a 900-foot-long (270 m) CSX rail tunnel in Hoover near Birmingham, under Shades Mountain.
Cooks Springs Tunnel, a Norfolk Southern rail tunnel near Cooks Springs, on the main line between Birmingham and Anniston.
Coosa Tunnel a rail tunnel on an active Norfolk Southern line. In Shelby County.
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