Queen Creek Tunnel
The Queen Creek Tunnel is a 1,217-foot-long tunnel on US 60 in the Superstition Mountains, just east of Superior, Arizona. Completed in 1952, the Queen Creek Tunnel links Phoenix with Safford by way of Superior and Globe/Miami.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Marine 69-71, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Claypool Tunnel.
Claypool Tunnel
Tunnel
Photo: Marine 69-71, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Claypool Tunnel is situated 660 feet southeast of Queen Creek Tunnel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Superior and Top-of-the-World.
Superior
Village
Photo: ArizonaLincoln, Public domain.
Superior is a town in northern Pinal County, Arizona, United States, and is the oldest town in the county. According to the 2020 census, the population of the town was 2,407.
Top-of-the-World
Hamlet
Top-of-the-World is a census-designated place in Gila and Pinal counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 274 at the 2020 census, up from 231 at the 2010 census, and down from 330 at the 2000 census. Top-of-the-World is situated 6 miles northeast of Queen Creek Tunnel.
Queen Creek Tunnel
- Type: Tunnel
- Description: highway tunnel near Superior, Arizona
- Categories: road tunnel and transportation
- Location: Pinal County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.30495° or 33° 18′ 18″ northLongitude
-111.08166° or 111° 4′ 54″ westElevation
3,888 feet (1,185 metres)Inception
1952Height
22 feet (6.7 metres)Width
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
855C8W39+X8OpenStreetMap ID
way 1162285491OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tunnelGeoNames ID
5310197Wikidata ID
Q7270278
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Queen Creek Tunnel” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Tunel Queen Creek”
- Spanish: “Túnel Queen Creek”
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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 “Queen Creek Tunnel”. Photo: Marine 69-71, CC BY-SA 4.0.