Wawona Tunnel
Highway tunnel in Yosemite National Park, California, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Wawona Tunnel is a highway tunnel in Yosemite National Park. It, and Tunnel View just beyond its east portal, were completed in 1933.[1][2]
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Location | Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, USA |
Coordinates | 37°42′57″N 119°41′09″W |
Route | SR 41 |
Operation | |
Opened | 1933 (1933) |
Owner | Caltrans |
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Length | 4,233 feet (1,290 m) |
No. of lanes | two lanes total, one in each direction |
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Wawona Tunnel is named after the community of Wawona but its name origin is not known. A popular story claims Wawō'na was the Miwok word for "big tree", or for "hoot of the owl", a bird considered the sequoia trees' spiritual guardian.[3][4]