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Category Archives: tunnels
Longest roadway tunnels under North American airports
The following list identifies the longest road tunnels in the North America that operate beneath airport infrastructure. Any additional, corrections, or suggestions are most welcome, particularly for those tunnels without data or of other locations not included. 3,696 feet … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, bridges, Canada, cities, history, infrastructure, land use, North America, planning, spatial design, traffic, transportation, Travel, tunnels, urban planning
Tagged airports, runways, taxiways, tunnels
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Geography of North America’s Current Underground Salt Mines
Below is a listing of the currently operating underground salt mines of North America. Underground mines are primarily used for excavating rock salt. As is evident from the details provided, the majority of these underground mines are enormous in size, … Continue reading
Posted in business, Canada, cities, commerce, economic development, environment, geography, Geology, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Mexico, Mining, nature, North America, pictures, planning, rivers/watersheds, shipping, spatial design, States, Statistics, topography, Trade, transportation, tunnels
Tagged American Rock Salt, Cargill, Compass Minerals, Dominican Republic, Hutchinson Salt, Independent Salt, Kisser Group, Morton Salt, salt, salt dome, salt mines, subsurface, underground, United Salt
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Doomsday Bunker Cities and Towns
The following post lists known bunker cities and towns that have been built as a way to survive a nuclear or biological holocaust and/or maintain continuity of government. Many were constructed during the Cold War era, some of which are … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, book reviews, books, cities, geography, Geology, historic preservation, history, Housing, humanity, infrastructure, land use, place names, politics, tourism, tunnels
Tagged bunkers, Cold War, safety, underground structures, war
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Mending Interstate Injustice – Freeway Capping Projects
In recent years there has been an effort in some cities to mend some of the wounds of Interstate Highway era gashes that were savagely cut through American cities. A method for healing these scars has been to cap the … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, Cars, cities, Civil Rights, civility, density, diversity, downtown, economic development, environment, geography, Green roofs, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, pictures, placemaking, planning, poverty, racism, revitalization, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, transit, transportation, Travel, tunnels, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged Austin Connect, freeway capping, Freeway Park, Hance Deck Park, Interstate Highway Injustice, Kennedy Greenway, Park 101, Southern Gateway Public Green, Space 134 Park, The Cap, The Stitch
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Longest underwater highway tunnels
When it became apparent that a list of underwater highway tunnels by order of their length could not be found on the internet, I decided to put one together. The list is not comprehensive and meant to be a continuous … Continue reading
Posted in Cars, cities, commerce, economic development, environment, geography, infrastructure, land use, Maps, planning, Statistics, transportation, Travel, tunnels, urban planning
Tagged cities, design, engineering, highway tunnels, highways, planning, roads, transportation, tunnels, underwater tunnels, urban planning
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Superhighway superhero
While traveling the Pennsylvania Turnpike on our way to Washington, DC last night we stopped at the Midway Service Plaza in Bedford. This recently updated plaza included a very interesting display on the history of the turnpike, Americas first superhighway. … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, art, branding, Cars, Communications, entertainment, fun, geography, literature, marketing, pictures, product design, tourism, transportation, Travel, tunnels, writing
Tagged cartoons, fun, highway, history, Pennsylvania, s superhighways, turnpike, writing
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PortMiami Tunnel to open in May
The twin-tube 4,200 foot long PortMiami Tunnel is scheduled to open to traffic in May of 2014. Under construction since 2010, the $1 billion public-private partnership project will extend Interstate 395 under the Government Cut shipping channel separating Watson Island and Dodge … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Cars, cities, commerce, downtown, economic development, entertainment, geography, government, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, skylines, spatial design, Statistics, technology, tourism, transportation, Travel, tunnels, urban planning
Tagged cities, cruise ships, Florida, harbors, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Miami, planning, PortMiami, ports, seaports, shipping, tourism, transportation, travel, tunnels
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Louisville’s East End mega-bridge/tunnel project
Scheduled to open in 2016, the East End Bridge and Tunnel project will fill an existing gap in the Interstate 265 Beltway northeast of downtown Louisville and provide the first fixed Ohio River crossing (a 2,500 foot long cable-stayed bridge with a … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, bicycling, Biking, bridges, Cars, cities, commerce, economic development, geography, Geology, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, North America, pictures, planning, product design, spatial design, Statistics, technology, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, tunnels, Uncategorized, urban planning, walking
Tagged bicycling, bike lanes, bridges, cities, East End Bridge, East End Tunnel, geography, highways, history, land use, Louisville, maps, planning, transportation, travel, tunnels
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