Allegheny County PA Archives-  Photos: Squirrel Hill Tunnel, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

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Postcard, ca. 1969
Squirrel Hill Tunnel, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

The Squirrel Hill Tunnel
This tunnel is an integral part of the Penn-Lincoln
Parkway, East of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  The
length of the tunnel is 4,225 feet with two parallel
tubes, each carrying two twelve foot, one-directional
traffic lanes.  Cost of the tunnel was $17,750,000.