List of tunnels in California

The following is a list of tunnels in California.

Burro Schmidt Tunnel, Kern County

Rail

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Mass transit

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San Fernando Tunnel c. 1900
 
UP 844 emerges from Tunnel 31 (May 2009)

Abandoned

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Sinaloa Cartel Drug Rail Tunnel, San Diego-Tijuana

Freight and intercity rail

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Excursion

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Automotive

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Robin Williams Tunnel, southern portal
 
Sepulveda Boulevard Tunnel
 
Stockton Street Tunnel
 
Wawona Tunnel

Alameda County

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Los Angeles County

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Marin County

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Orange County

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San Francisco

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Abandoned

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  • Kennedy Tunnel, former road above the extant Caldecott Tunnel (see above)

Utility

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Mining

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Military and Industry

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  • SpaceX constructed a 1.4 Mile test tunnel underneath the parking lot of its Hawthorne plant for experimental transportation technology.
  • United States Airforce Plant 42 in Palmdale is rumored to have an underground network of tunnels connecting to nearby defense plants including Lockheed's Skunk works.
  • Ft. McArthur Tunnel Complex: an abandoned World War II network connecting fortifications in San Pedro, CA.[10]
  • The Lawson Adit is a tunnel constructed underneath UC Berkeley into the Berkeley Hills in the early 1900s for student mining research.[11]
  • US Dept. of Defense Tunnel Warfare Center, China Lake[12][13]
  • The Stanford Linear Accelerator operates in a 10,000-foot concrete tunnel, 25 feet underground.
  • Vandenberg Space Force Base has a number of underground tunnels to support rocket launch operations.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Livermore History - Railroads 1". eLivermore.com. 2003. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Watkins "New Series" Stereoview Titles". Carletonwatkins.org. 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  3. ^ 769 - From West Portal Tunnel 26 to Simi Valley Station on YouTube
  4. ^ Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine (1870). "Tunnels of the Pacific Railroad". Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  5. ^ Rogers, Robert (11 February 2013). "Dornan tunnel in Point Richmond closed after workers find concrete at risk of failure". East Bay Times. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  6. ^ Probst, Jason (2005-11-19). "Tunnel to be named after Harry Crabb". Gold Country Media. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  7. ^ "Wreck shuts down Lighthouse Tunnel". Monterey Herald. 7 December 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  8. ^ Schmalz, David (3 September 2015). "Lighthouse tunnel partially closing tonight to replace lights". Monterey County Weekly. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Governor Schwarzenegger Announces the Early Reopening of I-5 at Newhall Pass". California Office of the Governor. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  10. ^ Shneer, Jim (February 8, 2022). "The Fort MacArthur Tunnels". Palos Verdes Pulse.
  11. ^ Chamings, Andrew (March 31, 2020). "The strange, secret tunnels under UC Berkeley". SF Chronicle.
  12. ^ Cox, Matthew (June 25, 2018). "The Army Is Spending Half A Billion To Train Soldiers To Wage War Underground". Military.com.
  13. ^ Kennedy, Harold. "Navy Sets Up New Facility For Tunnel-Warfare Training". National Defense.