Hoosac Tunnel
The Hoosac Tunnel is a 4.75-mile active railroad tunnel in western Massachusetts that passes through the Hoosac Range, an extension of Vermont's Green Mountains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tunnel
- Description: Railway tunnel in western Massachusetts, U.S.
- Also known as: “Hoosic Tunnel”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Florida and North Adams.
Florida
Florida is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is home to the east portal of the Hoosac Tunnel, as well as Whitcomb Summit, the highest point of the Mohawk Trail.North Adams
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
North Adams is a town of 13,000 people in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. In the 19th century it was the industrial center of the region. Old factory buildings are now being recycled to other uses, including the new Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.
Freeman Grove Historic District
Neighborhood
The Freeman's Grove Historic District is a residential historic district in North Adams, Massachusetts. It encompasses a neighborhood north of the city center that is a well-preserved instance of a working class area developed during its industrial heyday in the late 19th century. Freeman Grove Historic District is situated 4 miles northwest of Hoosac Tunnel.
Hoosac Tunnel
- Categories: railway tunnel and transportation
- Location: Town of Florida, Berkshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.67531° or 42° 40′ 31″ northLongitude
-73.04457° or 73° 2′ 40″ westElevation
771 feet (235 metres)Open location code
87J8MXG4+45OpenStreetMap ID
way 1393084624OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tunnel
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Bokmål—“Hoosac Tunnel” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “胡萨克隧道”
- Chinese: “胡薩克隧道”
- Dutch: “Hoosac Tunnel”
- Esperanto: “Hoosac-tunelo”
- French: “tunnel du Hoosac”
- French: “Tunnel du Hoosac”
- German: “Hoosac-Tunnel”
- German: “Hoosic”
- German: “Hoosick Tunnel”
- Italian: “Hoosac Tunnel”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hoosac-tunnelen”
- Norwegian: “Hoosac-tunnelen”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hoosac Tunnel”. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.