America's Longest Tunnels

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✵ America's Longest Tunnels
✵ Engineering in the US has made incredibly strides in the past. As late as the mid 1900s, the idea of freeways was still developing and they werent yet built on a widespread scale. And now, there is incredible infrastructure being built around the country, including 24 mile long bridges, covered in an earlier video of mine, but now, over mile long bridges; going under cities, water & mountains. So today I wanted to look at the longest road tunnels in the country, and show the history of how insane these really are.
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@davidtardio9804 Год назад

As a Maryland resident I’m actually surprised the first Harbor Tunnel accident didn’t happen sooner!

@joeyfmd Год назад

Lol

@hoosacmusicman9108 Год назад

I think you need to change the name of the video to "America's Longest Highway Tunnels." There are much longer rail tunnels like the Hoosac Tunnel in Northwest Massachusetts, which is more than 5 miles in length. The Moffat Rail Tunnel in Colorado is six miles long, while the Cascade Rail Tunnel in Washington is almost 8 miles long.

@EnjoySackLunch Год назад

I thought the same thing

@helmet2helmet779 Год назад

yeah its makes us look a little weak.

@edwardmiessner6502 Год назад

Then there are the subway tunnels

@Alejandro-vn2si Год назад

Also, the Transbay tube is 3.6 miles but it's not a road but rather a rail tunnel that has a huge capacity compared to the bay bridge.

@SofaSpy Год назад

The 85-mile-long Delaware Aqueduct, the longest tunnel in the world is located in New York. It transports water to NYC and is a 100 foot wide tunnel built completely underground. An entire profession called sand hogs are named for people who build these tunnels. Also why New York City is said to have the best tap water because they get it directly from springs in upstate New York

@ZorroPepe1 Год назад

As a Colombian what surprises me about American tunnels is their age and how they innovated in their time, in Colombia road development began only in the 90s and is advancing fast, we have 7 tunnels longer than the Whittier Tunnel, and an eighth under construction with at least 6 miles long :D Good video man!!

@TheRockkickass Год назад

I mean, y’all need them down there. The terrain where the cities are is crazy

@krallonthefloor Год назад

At this point we’d just be building tunnels to nowhere. Most of the US is flat. There aren’t very many large populations in areas with topography that would make a tunnel cost effective.

@marcbuisson2463 Год назад

@@krallonthefloor there's California at the very least.

@TheRaggiesoft Год назад

Norfolk local here. The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel crosses a body of water called Hampton Roads. The facility is 100% inside the City of Hampton (with the border sign seen immediately as soon as you got on the westbound trestle leaving Norfolk).

@idriveastationwagon1534 Год назад

The HRBT and CBBT blew my mind as a kid. It also made me have beef with the state of Virginia. I was jealous of Virginia since I live in NC.

@nathanmohn4272 11 месяцев назад

We actually have three bridge tunnel combos in VA. Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel (Hampton to Norfolk), Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (VA Beach to the Eastern Shore), and Monitor Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel (Newport News to Suffolk).

@purplealice Год назад

The "bridge" portions of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel were especially impressive. You're driving along, and the beam of your headlights reflects off the top of a wave.

@bigpasty1582 Год назад

My favorite part of I-35 is the short tunnels in downtown Duluth MN. They aren't long but still cool to drive thru. Great video as always!

@zelphx Год назад

Duluth is the crown of Minnesota.

@thepeff Год назад

First time I went on the famous bridge tunnel it was the middle of the night, no other traffic, and I had never even heard of the bridge tunnel. I about had a heart attack when the road started plunging into the water

@Boss-KingInc. Год назад

Definitely an interesting video. Tunnels are pretty fascinating in general. One of the most fascinating tunnels in my opinion is the Lehigh Tunnel on I-476 in PA. The interesting thing about this one is that the northbound tube is square and the southbound tube is round. The other tunnels I find fascinating are the Blue Mountain and Kittatinny Mountain Tunnels on the PA Turnpike. They’re directly one after another and it’s an amazing construction marvel

@nperceived Год назад

What bewilders me is that my home city (Sydney, NSW, Australia) has longer tunnels than most of the tunnels mentioned in this video. Still, neither do Australia's or the US's tunnels compare with those in Norway or the Faroe Islands.

@mikelouis9389 Год назад

Maybe none of the tunnels in my hometown of Pittsburgh are very long, but boy howdy do they have personality. The transition effect of entering downtown Pittsburgh through the Liberty Tunnel is something that should be on Tunnel lovers bucket list.

@stephenhassler4596 Год назад

And the Fort Pitt tunnel as well, especially at night

@mikelouis9389 Год назад

@stephenhassler4596 Goes without saying...because everyone says so lol

@margaretgarnto6272 10 месяцев назад

I've never heard of tunnels having personality being a tunnel lover myself for over 60 years.

@mikelouis9389 10 месяцев назад

@@margaretgarnto6272 Visit Pittsburgh. It's known for its bridges and rivers, but the tunnels are truly a hidden gem.

@StevenEveral Год назад

The Alaska Way Tunnel was a sorely needed replacement for the Alaskan Way Viaduct. The viaduct was controversial because of an earthquake that hit the Seattle area in 2001. If the earthquake lasted literally 10-15 more seconds, it would have brought down the viaduct. Also, the viaduct had the same design as the Cypress Viaduct in Oakland that collapsed in the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, so there's that.

@spencerallison3196 Год назад

I'm guessing the tunnel was built with Earthquake protection in place. How intense of an earthquake do you think it could withstand

@fbksfrank4 Год назад

When was that, I think I was there two weeks after 9/11.

@NickCBax Год назад

@@spencerallison3196 I’m not sure how strong of an earthquake it is rated for, but WSDOT said it is one of the safest places to be in an earthquake.

@chouseification Год назад

also it was ugly as hell - I remember wondering why they would block the great view of the waterfront with _that_ every time I visited, but they did what engineering allowed at the time; luckily now replaced with something much better.

@NickCBax Год назад

@@chouseification So true. I used to work next to it and it was horrible. That structure's only redeeming value was the view on the northbound lanes.. Everything else about it was very subpar decades before it was torn down.

@richardrose2606 Год назад

The Eisenhower tunnel is actually two tunnels, each with it's own name. Technically it is refered to as the Eisenhower-Johnson tunnel.

@JCVACCARO Год назад

Thank you. Your channel has answered many questions I've had about the American highways.🙂

@jamesburton1050 Год назад

Have you thought about doing a series of videos on some of the older pieces of infrastructure? I was surprised that some of the tunnels are so old!

@brentboswell1294 Год назад

It's amazing to me how many of these I've been through...I visited New York in 2007, and drove through both the Lincoln and Holland tunnels. On the same trip, we drove over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, so we went through that tunnel as well. I live in the Pacific Northwest, so I have been through the Alaskan Way viaduct replacement tunnel (and over the Alaskan Way Viaduct itself!). Finally, work took me to Boston this past spring, where I drove through both of the Big Dig tunnels 😅 Having lived out west my entire life, I'm disappointed to report that the one I haven't been through yet is the Eisenhower tunnel. Been to Colorado plenty of times, just never on that portion of I-70.

@aggiemtb4038 Год назад

Always top tier content 🙏

@KatTheFoxtaur Год назад

Very nice video! Just FYI though your chapters are missing both of the ones in Boston! X3

@pacificostudios Год назад

The longest transportation tunnels in the U.S. are still RAILROAD tunnels, and they U.S. dwarf any highway tunnel, despite both being single track. New Cascade tunnel in Washington and the Flathead tunnel in Montana are both over 7 miles long, and Moffat tunnel in Colorado is over 6 miles long. All three are used by Amtrak, the Empire Builder (New Cascade and Flathead) and the California Zephyr (Moffat). Canada has the longest railroad tunnel in North America, the Rogers Pass tunnel, over 9 miles long. There are also some long bored subway tunnels, like the L.A. Metro Red Line subway between Hollywood and Universal City, and the Portland MAX tunnel that connects downtown Portland with its western suburbs.

@bw-leftturnracing7779 Год назад

I'd like to see a video on the longest rail tunnels next

@michaelpaysour2151 Год назад

Love your videos! I too am a geography nerd.

@njdevilku1340 Год назад

The helix on the lincoln tunnel will eventually need replacing. No cluehow they will do that.

@pickled51 Год назад

He also forgot to mention the 3rd tube of the Lincoln Tunnel which opened in 1957.

@etahhcumosevahi Год назад

If you ever get caught in a morning traffic jam at the Lincoln tunnel, you’re almost guaranteed to enter the tunnel when sky is pitch dark, and exit the tunnel in broad daylight.

@rick5440 Год назад

I got stuck in Whittier, AK waiting to go through the tunnel because a railroad signal malfunctioned the first year it opened to vehicle traffic. They had to get a crew and parts from Anchorage, took hours.

@mcb187 Год назад

Surprised to see the HRBT on the list, had no idea it was particularly long! I have also been in been in 5 of these tunnels! They are: HRBT Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Lincoln Tunnel Holland Tunnel Eisenhower/Jonson tunnels One cool fact I think you forgot to mention, even if it is only tangentially related, is that the Ft McHenry Tunnel just to the north of the Harbor tunnel being 6 feet lower. Also, the HRBT is getting 2 new bored tubes! About time, as a Hampton, VA resident in my past, it was not uncommon for it to take over 30 minutes to cross the HRBT, and over 2 hours to go from the J-664 interchange to the I--564 interchange. The MMBT wasn’t much better most times, and most of the time we didn’t use it as the trip was made much longer.

@DanielleWhite Год назад

It's badly needed. I live in Norfolk and am dating someone in Williamsburg. Sometimes, like last Friday night, it's faster for me to take the MMMBT even though I live east of the HRBT.

@edwardmiessner6502 Год назад

Beaver Geography: "There you have it! The 10 longest tunnels in the US." U.S. subway and railway tunnels: "Are we a joke to you?"

@sellinwood1 Год назад

You should do a segment on the Alton-Anderson tunnel! Sounds very interesting based on your brief overview!

@Dutchovenderlinde Год назад

As someone originally from Alaska, that drive through it is so intimidating, but an extremely cool experience every time. I miss going to Whittier.

@NickCBax Год назад

That tunnel in Seattle was called the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Tunnel while it was being built. But now it’s just called the State Route 99 Tunnel.

@pepperpillow Год назад

The Orange Line in Montreal is the longest transportation tunnel in North America. It’s completely underground. Green line is #2. The Mount Macdonald Tunnel is #3, trains. :D

@jeffm9770 Год назад

Oh cool. I've actually been through some of these. The harbor tunnel in Baltimore, Lincoln Tunnel, Holland Tunnel. I actually thought the Lehigh Tunnel on I-476 in PA was longer than it is, but it's not even a mile.

@markiangooley Год назад

I think that the Eisenhower Tunnel in Colorado is the only one of these I’ve driven through. I’ve also gone through the Moffat Tunnel twice on Amtrak trains, over 6 miles.

@User31129 Год назад

So Interstate 710 ends randomly at Valley Blvd in NE LA. It was planned to continue north and connect with Interstate 210 in Pasadena. But Pasadena and S. Pasadena had a freeway revolt and it was never built thru there. There's been discussions of connecting the two with a tunnel. But it would be super expensive and there's seismic worries to keep in mind as well. The proposed tunnel would be 5 miles long.

@mattl6948 Год назад

What about train tunnels? The trans bay tube in SF for example?

@stickynorth 10 месяцев назад

I'm just glad I got to drive the Alaskan Way viaduct in 2016 on holiday in Seattle before it was closed and replaced. It offered great views but a scary driving experience since the lanes were very narrow and the pavement was entirely buckled by that point... It was a disaster waiting to happen. Even with a $3.2B+ price tag the tunnel is probably worth it as it will last over 100+ years into the future...

@Richard-od7yd Год назад

I took a working tour of the Seattle Tunnel project and it was massive

@fbksfrank4 Год назад

Spendy needs great reasons for tunnels. Been through the Whittier tunnel, going again this July!

@SuperRedtrout Год назад

In Norway we have a road tunnel that is 15.2 miles long, the Lærdal Tunnel.

@royveteto4134 Год назад

the last tunnel is interesting that both trains & cars share it plus there's only 1 lane so i can imagine how often a drunk driver shows up and something happens

@Frogster88 Год назад

Okay, I request a review/breakdown of DFW’s highway network. Apparently, aside from have a 12 story building for an interchange, an even-numbered bypass that doesn’t even connect back to the main route again, and numerous state highway designated routes that minus well be interstates, it even comes with an entire unsigned spur! In order of appearance referencing: the High Five interchange (US-75 and I-635), I-635, SH-190/SH-161 SH-366 SH-121 among others, I-345

@loganb.1984 Год назад

That tunnel in Whittier is pretty cool, but it's usually like a 45 minute wait lol

@vananderson2895 Год назад

I managed to hit the inbound right before it switched my way, and once you're in town, it's easy to just time your departure to get through. And I managed to have a train go through in the meantime.

@Merle1987 Год назад

Detroit-Windsor Tunnel buddy, longest tunnel.

@kyleb5169 Год назад

That tunnel in Alaska is incredible!

@Meaisk Год назад

I would definitely watch a video about Whittier!

@jpatrickmoore5158 Год назад

I had the chance to drive the Whittier tunnel about a decade ago. Interesting World War II history. Definitely a time when I hoped that the light at the end of the tunnel was not an oncoming train! Went on a cruise of Prince William Sound and saw glaciers before they totally melt away. Just a quick question, does anybody else honk their horn in tunnels? My mom always did and I continue doing that.

@superjohnnygamble6328 Год назад

You can actually walk alongside traffic in The Rotherhithe Tunnel under The Thames in London, but personally not an option I would choose to do.

@seprishere Год назад

Puny compared with Swiss base tunnels, the Channel Tunnel and the tunnel to Hokkaido.

@RoutierNordAmericain Год назад

Too bad that the engineers of 1960s NYC didn't think to build I-95/Cross Bronx Expwy.through the Bronx as a tunnel. Because if they did, they could've added more traffic lanes on it & there wouldn't have been neighbourhoods divided by the current alignment & the constant gridlock on said alignment. I heard that it was already congested within the 1st day of its opening back in the 1960s.

@AlvinSeville1 11 месяцев назад

Just as a head's up, the Lincoln Tunnel in Boston is really close to the eastern terminous of the I-90.

@kierannelson2581 11 месяцев назад

I'm anazed with how short the longest tunnels are!

@DanTheisen Год назад

I must be a geography geek because I saw this and genuinely thought, “What Geography kid/(beaver whatever) made a video about tunnels! TUNNELS!! Yes!!!”

@SandBoxJohn Год назад

Though not a highway tunnel. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has a pair of single track tunnels that were bored with a hard rock tunnel boring machine that are just under 7.25 miles long each. both tunnels were bored with same tunnel boring machine over a period 8 years in the 1970s

@ReallyBruh1 Год назад

“Right back to NYC.” Quote of the vid 😂❤

@shodges Год назад

The tunnel you mentioned towards the end of the video…. In Alaska, I’d like to see a video on that one

@shaynestephens Год назад

I have driven through tunnels 10-3 multiple times, both ways. I have not been in Seattle since 1989 and never have been to Alaska, so I have yet to go through numbers 2 and 1.

@vananderson2895 Год назад

I've been to Seattle within the last year and still haven't been on that monstrosity. I lived in DC for five years, but hit none of those tunnels in the Virginia/Maryland area. In fact, the only two I've been through are the two outside urban areas - the Eisenhower and Whittier tunnels.

@Ravn7 Год назад

Here in norway we have 50+ road tunnels that are above 4 kilometers (≈2.5 miles). That includes 6 road tunnels above 10 kilometers. One of them is lærdalstunellen the worlds longest at 24.5 kilometers. The under construction undersea Boknafjord tunnel part of the rogfast project that is expected to open in 2033 will be even longer. The main goal of the project is to replace a ferry crossing for E39, but will also connect to the kvitsøy island. The two parallell tunnel runs will be 26.7 kilometers each. It will also be the deepest undersea tunnel in the world at 392 meters below sealevel. Also it will have the first undersea highway off-ramp that I know of, connecting to the island of Kvitsøy with 550 residents.

@User31129 Год назад

When you consider that Norway has one of the world's highest GDP per capita at about $100,000 USD, there's no real issue with spending that kinda money on these projects. The US has a GDP per capita of about $70,000.

@hmsagbakken Год назад

@@User31129 I thought USA was the richest contry in the world...... The total lenght of the 1100 road tunnels in Norway, is more than 1050km, close to 720 miles. If you divide that on 5,5million inhabitants it is even more impressive. The entire Norwegian population can be inside road tunnels at the same time, and it will not be cramped. If you drive the 51,5km from Lærdal to Gudvangen, 43km will be in tunnels. USA's lingest will be around nr 60 in Norway.

@cosmicknight29 Год назад

Fun fact: I have actually been through the tunnel in alaska to the city of whittier. The city came to be because of World War 2 military base. It also recieves much much more precipitation than any other city in alaska. It was a cool town

@User31129 Год назад

I was there in 2011. It was sad to hear what happened to the town in the 1964 earthquake. That being a tsunami of almost unimaginable height and power, because Whittier is at the end of a narrow ocean inlet.

@stephenhassler4596 Год назад

My son is working in Alaska this summer and has already made 3 round trips through the tunnel in the 2 months he’s been there.

@DWNY358 Год назад

Good video. But, these are all automobile tunnels. There are longer tunnels in the US that serve other purposes (the 1/2/3 subway tunnel in Manhattan & Brooklyn comes to mind). Also, the US has nothing on the European road network, with numerous and extensive mountain tunnels especially in Italy and Switzerland. And then there's the Chunnel linking France and Britain.

@genoobtlp4424 Год назад

Meanwhile the cascades tunnel built by the Great Northern Railroad (I think) at about 10 miles long…

@Coralalal 8 месяцев назад

I remember the first and last time I traveled on the viaduct, I believe we were lost in Ballard, and instead of I5, we took 99 to get to I90. I thought it was fascinating, but ugly

@necroslair Год назад

What surprised me is that the Alaska Way Viaduct Replacement Tunnel hasn’t been named for some slimy politicians.

@SofaSpy Год назад

I thought The 85-mile-long Delaware Aqueduct tunnel in New York would be #1

@thatcapuchin6597 Год назад

When is Zaddy gonna give us a face reveal. 👀

@alessandro7805 18 дней назад

Is Crazy if you think Italy recently dig a 3 lane 9,5 km Tunnel, USA tunnels are very short

@idriveastationwagon1534 Год назад

Hey I just drove through 2 tunnels today…how did beaver know?…

@sacerdor7467 Год назад

So this one is USA only ? I kind of expected to find some South America too.

@paulw.woodring7304 Год назад

The Swiss are the kings of highway tunnels, just all over the country, and also the home of the longest railway tunnels on Earth.

@VanceWorldTravel Год назад

The information on Whittier is slightly off... but that wasn't the point of the video. Both the old and "new" buildings are former military buildings. They are close enough in age that they share utilities. The population (which was close to zero before the military pulled out) never lived in the "old" building. It was strictly a military building. Once the military left the area, the property was turned over to the new city of Whittier, and things went forward from there. As the population grew they only really could live in the remaining habitable building. It too is an interesting story.

@jeffreykregel3821 Год назад

I'm actually somewhat surprised that the longest tunnel in the nation is just 2.5 miles long. For a country with some many waterways or mountain ridges to traverse I thought to see longer tunnels. I guess the US is more the country of bridges than tunnels.

@ahotdj07 Год назад

What about the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel?

@shaynestephens Год назад

It is a LONG bridge, but the tunnels are shorter than the top ten. I was on it opening day. MANY hours in traffic waiting. Especially for an adolescent.

@marym7104 Год назад

Within 3 hours!

@mildlydispleased3221 Год назад

Euro tunnel

@ahotdj07 Год назад

&4:43 - it’s Holland Tunnel not Hollands.

@rayfridley6649 Год назад

Not only that, the Holland Tunnel was named in memorial to its late designer and first chief engineer. Clifford M. Holland. Holland died in 1924 before the tunnel was completed.

@marym7104 Год назад

Within 1,200 views!

@PocoToro Год назад

Look up the Delaware aqueduct tunnal longest in the world

@CreatorPolar Год назад

Maybe you mean longest road tunnel. There are a few rail tunnels in Switzerland that are longer

@aoilpe Год назад

Bad research 😢

@Chris-ut6eq Год назад

That's a whole lot of boring! You covered the highest tunnel. Which is the deepest underground? Do we know the oldest tunnel still in use in the USA? Or the first rail/vehicular tunnel in USA?

@PDXLibertarian Год назад

I always thought the longest tunnel was the 7.8 Mile Cascades Tunnel in Washington State. ..... but that's a rail tunnel. So, shouldn't this video be called "America's longest road tunnels"

@alessandro7805 18 дней назад

Still very short, Italy Is building a 57km (35 Miles) railway tunnel

@michaelmitchell338 Год назад

You said “butt tunnels”

@sethanix3969 Год назад

The Eisenhower Tunnel is NOT the hightest Tunnel in the world. It is not even the highest road tunnel in the world. Please be more careful with your fact checks ;) It may be the highest double bore highway tunnel though. And to be honest, I'm quite astonished how few long tunnels you have given the number of mountains there are. Europe sports tunnels in excess of 5 miles in the dozens, reaching up to 18 miles for road and more than 35 miles for train tunnels.

@fumblerooskie Год назад

I think you need to change “America” to U.S. While North Americans know you mean the USA, many others might think you are referring to an entire continent. Not all YT users live in “America.”

@Lukestillplaysofficial Год назад

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@ahotdj07 Год назад

@5:45 - this is actually the Hugh Carey Tunnel.

@RealGJZig Год назад

Brooklyn-Battery is the *ORIGINAL* and *COMMON* name for it.

@crazeyjoe Год назад

The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, officially the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel and commonly referred to as the Battery Tunnel or Battery Park Tunnel.

@PierceMD Год назад

My Ex

@zelphx Год назад

My fave US tunnel: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MTsNX95uXDI.html

@StudioLKP Год назад

Second

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@dallasolson4731 Год назад

You really need to get a qualified narrarator. Content is solid but the child like slurring is insufferable

@BeaverGeography Год назад

K so actually I'm literally just one person making videos in my room so you can shut up if you want

@NickCBax Год назад

@@BeaverGeography Howdy. I know you’re still a young guy, but this makes you look cruddy. IMHO the better solution to this is just to ignore or delete Dallas Olson’s comment. Don’t let Dallas’s crassness tear you down..