List of Tunnels in The United States - Alabama

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 road tunnel under the Mobile River in Mobile.
  • Blount Tunnel, a tunnel near Blount Springs.
  • Brocks Gap Tunnel, a 900 foot rail tunnel 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 rail line. In Shelby County.
  • Hardwick Tunnel, a rail tunnel on the ATN Railway near Wattsville.
  • Hayden Tunnel, an active rail tunnel located near Hayden.
  • Jefferson Tunnel, in Jefferson County.
  • Laney Tunnel, an active rail tunnel on the ATN Railway near Glencoe, Alabama. Completed in 1851 and reinforced in 2010.
  • Oak Mountain Tunnel a rail tunnel on an active Norfolk Southern rail line. In Shelby County.
  • Palisade Tunnel, a 400 foot road tunnel on the Homewood side of Red Mountain. The one-way tunnel provides west-bound access to Palisades Boulevard from Oxmoor Road.
  • Red Mountain Tunnel, a proposed tunnel project that was meant to link Birmingham to its southern neighbors. The tunnel idea was abandoned and eventually the Red Mountain Expressway Cut was built instead.
  • Roper Tunnel, a rail tunnel on the ATN Railway near Trussville.
  • Tunnel Springs Tunnel, an 840 foot abandoned rail tunnel near Tunnel Springs. The masonry tunnel was completed in 1899 and abandoned in 1994.
  • George C. Wallace Tunnel, a 3000 foot long road tunnel under the Mobile River in Mobile.

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