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Eisenhower Tunnel (Continental Divide)

Location: Colorado, United States
Latitude & Longitude: 39.680771, -105.918327
Views: 1499   Posted By: bmeyer2 (09/25/2008)
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bmeyer2 (09/25/2008)

The Eisenhower Tunnel is built under the Continental Divide for Interstate 70.  It's is the highest vehicular tunnel (over 11,000 feet) in the world.

I went through here last June -- it was a nice, spring day on one side and a white-out snow storm on the other side...

For more info and pics, see Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower_Tunnel

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