Rays Hill Tunnel
Rays Hill Tunnel is an abandoned tunnel, formerly part of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Rays Hill Tunnel is 3,532 feet long. It was the shortest of the seven original tunnels on Pennsylvania Turnpike.Photo: Arthur Rothstein, Public domain.
- Type: Tunnel
- Description: Tunnel on the original Pennsylvania Turnpike
- Also known as: “Ray Hill Tunnel”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Breezewood and Gapsville.
Breezewood
Photo: SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Breezewood is an unincorporated town of in Pennsylvania. There are few residences but myriad cheap motels, gas stations and fast food restaurants. The town is a major interstate connection between the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate 70 heading south towards Washington D.C. and Baltimore.
Gapsville
Hamlet
Gapsville is an unincorporated community in East Providence Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States, south of Breezewood. Gapsville is situated 5 miles southwest of Rays Hill Tunnel.
Crystal Spring
Hamlet
Crystal Spring is an unincorporated community in Brush Creek Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, United States, south of Breezewood. Just to the west, across the county line in Bedford County, is Gapsville. Crystal Spring is situated 5 miles south of Rays Hill Tunnel.
Rays Hill Tunnel
- Category: transportation
- Location: Bedford, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.01838° or 40° 1′ 6″ northLongitude
-78.20401° or 78° 12′ 14″ westElevation
1,962 feet (598 metres)Open location code
87G32Q9W+99OpenStreetMap ID
way 1165971417OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tunnel
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