J&L Tunnel
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J&L Tunnel is a tunnel on CSX Transportation's Pittsburgh Subdivision, at the former location of Jones and Laughlin Steel Company (now the SouthSide Works).
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Line | Pittsburgh Subdivision |
Location | SouthSide Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates | 40.42826°N 79.96467°W / 40.42826; -79.96467 |
System | CSX Transportation |
Operation | |
Constructed | August 1, 1882[1] – August 19, 1883[2] |
Technical | |
Length | 1,626 feet (496 m)[3] |
No. of tracks | 1[4] |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Width | 24 feet (7.3 m)[3] |
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The tunnel was used to allow trains on the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad to bypass the Jones and Laughlin steel mill, by passing under it.
Starting in 2011,[5] work was performed, as part of CSX Transportation's National Gateway project, to raise the clearance inside the tunnel, allowing double-stacked container trains to pass through the tunnel.[3]
Above the tunnel is a small park called Tunnel Park.[6]