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Dexter Inferno
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We have an obscene amount of them over here. 
Jbird
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Same here.
My family had a camper we were hauling, had the natural gas tanks in the front for the stove etc. And a Pennsylvania state trooper pulls my dad over after we've gone thru 5 of the tunnels and tells us they don't allow campers with those tanks on to go thru the tunnels. You're supposed to get off the highway and go around the tunnels. No signs stating so or anything, you are supposed to have ESP and just know, I guess. So after talking awhile, the troopers says screw it, you got one more tunnel to go, just go on ahead. Just don't come back thru this way on your way back to Michigan. So on our way back we went up to Albany and took I-90 west thru New York state
mongooz
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Same here.
My family had a camper we were hauling, had the natural gas tanks in the front for the stove etc. And a Pennsylvania state trooper pulls my dad over after we've gone thru 5 of the tunnels and tells us they don't allow campers with those tanks on to go thru the tunnels. You're supposed to get off the highway and go around the tunnels. No signs stating so or anything, you are supposed to have ESP and just know, I guess. So after talking awhile, the troopers says screw it, you got one more tunnel to go, just go on ahead. Just don't come back thru this way on your way back to Michigan. So on our way back we went up to Albany and took I-90 west thru New York state
we were originally from Lancaster, Pa......so on the way to NJ....we'd stop off in Lancaster and hit the farmer's market (all Amish food.....spectacular).....and get shoo fly pie and soft pretzels........it was awesome......the tunnels and the pretzels....and the pee jar.......the trip was half the fun of the vacation.
tiger roach
Urban Bovine Knievel
We don't have a lot of them here. Nobody likes a tunnel with muddy water and water moccasins in it.
angry tele
L'effet c'est moi
this is kind of scary
In July 2009, the westbound tube partially flooded after a thunderstorm hit the Hampton Roads region. The flooding was caused by a failed water main, which burst and led a chamber below the tunnel roadway to fill with millions of gallons of water. Pumps designed to remove water from the chamber were overwhelmed, and water began to puddle on the roadway, forcing VDOT to close the tunnel for nearly seven hours during midday on July 2, 2009.[1]
This closure forced hundreds of thousands of commuters, tourists, as well as Hampton Roads residents heading westbound for the Fourth of July holiday, to divert and go through the MMMBT or the James River Bridge, the only alternate routes to get to thePeninsula. The MMMBT had troubles of its own during the afternoon, as a pileup shut down the westbound lanes, closing the tunnel and causing a 20-mile traffic jam[2] along I-664. The James River Bridge was also closed on July 2 because of downed wires from the storm.[3] The series of events involving all three water crossings led to a "perfect storm" of traffic which led to gridlock throughout all major arteries of Hampton Roads.
The flooding of the Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel caused widespread concern about evacuation capabilities of the region during the approach of a hurricane, as the HRBT, MMMBT and the James River Bridge serve as the primary hurricane evacuation routes for residents of Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Norfolk, and Chesapeake.[2]
In July 2009, the westbound tube partially flooded after a thunderstorm hit the Hampton Roads region. The flooding was caused by a failed water main, which burst and led a chamber below the tunnel roadway to fill with millions of gallons of water. Pumps designed to remove water from the chamber were overwhelmed, and water began to puddle on the roadway, forcing VDOT to close the tunnel for nearly seven hours during midday on July 2, 2009.[1]
This closure forced hundreds of thousands of commuters, tourists, as well as Hampton Roads residents heading westbound for the Fourth of July holiday, to divert and go through the MMMBT or the James River Bridge, the only alternate routes to get to thePeninsula. The MMMBT had troubles of its own during the afternoon, as a pileup shut down the westbound lanes, closing the tunnel and causing a 20-mile traffic jam[2] along I-664. The James River Bridge was also closed on July 2 because of downed wires from the storm.[3] The series of events involving all three water crossings led to a "perfect storm" of traffic which led to gridlock throughout all major arteries of Hampton Roads.
The flooding of the Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel caused widespread concern about evacuation capabilities of the region during the approach of a hurricane, as the HRBT, MMMBT and the James River Bridge serve as the primary hurricane evacuation routes for residents of Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Norfolk, and Chesapeake.[2]
Devil is Dill
Doubleplusgood
EVERYONE OUT OF THE CHUNNEL!!!!
This tunnel is a few miles away from my house.
It's known as The Screaming Tunnel with the requisite stories that if you're there at a certain time, you'll the screams of a woman that was killed there years ago.
So, it's always been a place to take a date to scare them into thinking your some kind of hero. I don't understand how that works, but that's the story. It's also been a place to party much to the chagrin of the people living in the couple of houses located on the road leading to the tunnel.
*spoiler*
The 'certain time' happens to coincide with the train schedule that puts trains travelling on the tracks above this tunnel.
It's known as The Screaming Tunnel with the requisite stories that if you're there at a certain time, you'll the screams of a woman that was killed there years ago.
So, it's always been a place to take a date to scare them into thinking your some kind of hero. I don't understand how that works, but that's the story. It's also been a place to party much to the chagrin of the people living in the couple of houses located on the road leading to the tunnel.
*spoiler*
The 'certain time' happens to coincide with the train schedule that puts trains travelling on the tracks above this tunnel.
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Gary Blanchard
beloved, local musician
That's what They want you to think...
There are some bigger tunnels around here as well.
They go under the Welland Canal and carry road and rail traffic.
(I feel like John Watt every time I type Welland.)
That's a ship over the tunnel opening..
They go under the Welland Canal and carry road and rail traffic.
(I feel like John Watt every time I type Welland.)
That's a ship over the tunnel opening..
Help!I'maRock!
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Prages
User Error
There are two tunnels (actually two sets of tunnels) on I77 going from WV into South east VA. There used to be another one a few miles from where I grew up, but it was only a two lane tunnel, and when they widened the turnpike to 4 lanes, they closed the tunnel.
They use it now to practice underground rescues and things like that.
They use it now to practice underground rescues and things like that.
That's the Lincoln, right? That's somewhere about the midpoint between me and you if you're the short distance into NYC that I think you are.
Denverdave
Resident Ragamuffin
Help!I'maRock!
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It's the Midtown Tunnel. I'm on the other side of it.
For reference, from my house that burned up last month I could see the side of Giants Stadium and Brendan Byrne Arena that faced away from NYC.