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	Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel is a tunnel through Maynard Mountain near Whittier, Alaska and part of the Portage Glacier Highway.
		At 13,300 feet, it is the longest highway tunnel and longest combined rail and highway tunnel in North America.
		Construction on this project began in September 1998, and the combined tunnel was opened to traffic on June 7, 2000.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anton_Anderson_Memorial_Tunnel (193 words)

	Anton, Texas - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Anton, Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Anton is a city located in Hockley County, Texas.
		Anton is located at 33°48'41" North, 102°9'45" West (33.811343, -102.162497).
		Out of the total population, 23.8% of those under the age of 18 and 21.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Anton-Texas.html (437 words)

	Images of Whittier, Alaska - ExploreNorth
		The entrance to the road/rail tunnel to Whittier.
		The 2.5-mile-long Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel opened to vehicle traffic in the summer of 2000 - prior to that time, vehicles were driven onto Alaska Railroad flat-cars for the trip through the tunnel.
		Among many other features, at eight locations in the tunnel there is a vehicle turnout for use if a vehicle is disabled, and at each turnout there is a safehouse for use in the event of a tunnel fire.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/communities/alaska/whittier-photos.html (434 words)

	The Tunnel Link Page 2, edited by Gunnar Lotsberg
		The driving of a submarine tunnel is generally accompanied by great difficulties, but no undertaking of the kind has taxed the resource and courage of engineer and contractor more than did the Severn Tunnel, which is remarkable as being the longest submarine tunnel in the world (1886).
		The longest tunnel in New Zealand, and indeed the longest in the southern hemisphere, is the 8879 m long Kaimai tunnel at Apata on the East Coast Main Trunk Line.
		The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel is located on the Portage Glacier Highway, and this highway connects the city of Whittier and Prince William Sound to the Seward Highway and the rest of Southcentral Alaska.
	home.no.net /lotsberg/link_2.html (1939 words)

	AASHTO Success Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The tunnel, first built by the U.S. Army during WWII, is expected to provide roundtrip access to as many as 531,000 people and up to 140,000 vehicles in 2001.
		The tunnel is also the first in the United States to use a combination of portal and jet fans for ventilation.
		It is also the first North American tunnel to use "safe-houses," eight rooms carved out of the tunnel walls where 55 occupants per room can seek refuge in the event of an in-tunnel emergency.
	www.aashto.org /aashto/success.nsf/allpages/AlaskaWhittierAccess (302 words)

	Seward Highway to Portage Glacier and Whitter - Uncle Webster
		Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, also known as the Wittier Tunnel, the 2.5 miles tunnel opened its single motorist lane on June 7,2000, traveling east to Whittier on the top of the hour, and travel west to Portage on the half hour.
		The tunnel is the longest combination rail/hwy and it is also the longest tunnel in North American.
		It is the first tunnel to use both jets and portal fans with most of the operations being computerized, including rail and Hwy movement through the tunnel.
	fairbanks.unclewebster.com /tours/sewardtour/tour-sewardtour-pg07.shtml (154 words)

	Alaska Journal of Commerce Online
		This is in addition to near-record vehicular traffic heading through the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel this year, as more boaters, kayakers, day cruisers and the generally curious make their way through the 2.5-mile-long tunnel.
		The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel is a 2.5-mile, $80 million project that allows vehicular passage to Whittier.
		It is the only combined highway and railroad tunnel in the world, and is the longest highway tunnel in North America.
	www.alaskajournal.com /stories/090704/loc_20040907006.shtml (1085 words)

	Railway Track and Structures: Alaska tunnel gets millennial makeover
		Tunnel work is always a major project and a major headache.
		Two tunnels and 15 miles of track were constructed at that time to form a connection with the Alaska Railroad mainline.
		The AAM Tunnel is being expanded both vertically for double-stack traffic and laterally to allow for the creation of emergency turn-out areas for automobiles and for spaces in which eight "safe-houses," or fire-proof rooms, are being constructed.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BFW/is_5_95/ai_55462130 (1406 words)

	Whittier virtual drive
		The Portage Glacier Highway intersects the Seward Highway in Portage.
		The tunnel is lighted and has a heated drainage system to minimize icicles forming during the winter months when temperatures may drop to -40 degrees F. The concrete portals were textured and colored to blend with the surrounding natural rock.
		The rest of the tunnel is reinforced by concrete sprayed (shotcrete) on the crown.
	www.dot.state.ak.us /creg/whittiertunnel/virtualdrive.htm (1512 words)

	Pulling for you
		A 2.5-mile highway tunnel in Anchorage linking south-central Alaska to the port at Whittier on Prince William Sound through the Maynard Mountain is the longest highway tunnel in the country.
		The drive surface of the tunnel was made even with the tracks, and motor vehicles and trains take turns traveling through the tunnel.
		To make sure both ends of the tunnel are passable during the state’s snow season, Alaska DOT and PF looked for a piece of equipment that could clear snow quickly in fairly tight spaces.
	www.roadsbridges.com /rb/index.cfm/powergrid/rfah=\|cfap=/CFID/904525/CFTOKEN/70263238/fuseaction/showArticle/articleID/2316 (857 words)

	Warnow Tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The Warnow Tunnel (also known as the Warnow River Crossing and the Warnowquerung in German) is a 790m long road tunnel which connects the east and west bank of the Warnow river in the Hanseatic city of Rostock, Germany.
		The tunnel was built using a technique known as Immersed Tube Construction: the main part of the tunnel consists of six prefabricated concrete conduits which were formed and poured in a temporary drydock nearby, floated out into the river and lowered into a dredged channel in the river bottom.
		This is a technique apparently pioneered in the Detroit River in construction of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel in 1930, and replicated for sub-aqueous tunnels ever since.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Tunnels/Warnow-Tunnel.html (164 words)

	ASEE PRISM - Sep 2000 - Briefings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Finally, two years ago, work began to turn the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel--named after the Army engineer who oversaw its original construction--into a single-lane, car-and-train tunnel that will be the longest highway tunnel in North America.
		With the tunnel open, the number of summer visitors is expected to increase from 200,000 to 1.5 million.
		Having to keep the tunnel open to train traffic during reconstruction was the main engineering obstacle, says chief engineer Frank Frandina of Hatch Mott McDonald, a subcontractor on the project.
	www.prism-magazine.org /sept00/html/briefings.cfm (1522 words)

	Alaska Roads - Whittier access road photos
		Also part of the new highway is a short two-lane tunnel under Begich Peak, at mile 5.3 (from the Seward Highway), west of the toll booths for the Anton Anderson tunnel.
		See the tunnel's official website for more details such as tolls (starting at $12, charged eastbound only), the time slots when the tunnel will be open to traffic headed your way, and also lots more photos (including some I couldn't take, such as construction photos and others taken inside the tunnel).
		An overview of the west portal of the Anton Anderson tunnel, at mile 7.1, and the mountain through which it was bored.
	www.alaskaroads.com /photos-whittier-access.htm (712 words)

	RailroadData.Com: Link Modification Request (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel is a landmark effort that boasts several "firsts": The longest highway tunnel in North America.
		The first tunnel in the United States that has a ventilation system that combines jet and portal fans.
		The first tunnel designed to operate in temperatures down to minus 40 degrees F. and in winds up to 150 mph.
	www.railroaddata.com /cgi-bin/links/modifylink.cgi?ID=2924 (128 words)

	Alaska - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The state capital, Juneau, is not accessible by road, which has spurred several debates over the decades about moving the capital to a city on the road system.
		One unique feature of the road system is the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, which links the Seward Highway south of Anchorage with the relatively isolated community of Whittier.
		The tunnel is the longest road tunnel in North America at nearly 2.5 miles and combines a one-lane roadway and train tracks in the same housing.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /alaska.htm (2437 words)

	Tricked-out tunnel
		The tunnel trucks feature remotely controlled twin nozzles, one on the roof of the cab and one on the front bumper, fed by the truck's 1000-gallon water tank.
		In addition to primary ventilation fans designed to improve the tunnel's air quality, fans were installed at each portal to purge the tunnel of diesel smoke after train operations and in case of fire.
		When the tunnel opened to automobile traffic last year, it had been designed to be one of the safest tunnels in the world.
	firechief.com /mag/firefighting_trickedout_tunnel (1558 words)

	LACHEL FELICE & Associates, Inc. - Whittier, Alaska
		The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel is part of the Whittier Access Project, which provides vehicle access to the Town of Whittier, Alaska.
		The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel is the longest highway tunnel in North America, the longest combined rail-highway use tunnel in North America and the first tunnel in the US to utilize both jet and portal fans.
		Beginning in the early 1990's, LFA provided geotechnical engineering, tunnel design, constructibility analysis and cost estimating services in the development of the Viable Alternatives Report, which lead to the selection of converting the existing railroad tunnel into a combination highway and railway tunnel.
	www.lachel.com /project-tunnel_whittier.html (289 words)

	Whittier Forum - Whittier History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		As residents and visitors drive to and from Whittier through the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel for the first time, they mark the beginning of another phase in the life of a unique transportation corridor.
		Anton Anderson, an Army engineer, headed up the construction.
		On April 23, 1943 workers completed the spur, which consisted of a 1-mile tunnel through Begich Peak and a 2.5-mile tunnel through Maynard Mountain, thus linking Whittier to the Alaska Railroad's main line at Portage.
	www.whittierforum.yukontel.com /history.htm (755 words)

	Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel.
		Here you will find more informations about Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel.
		The original tunnel was completed in 1943 and used for railroad traffic.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Anton-Anderson-Memorial-Tunnel.html (264 words)

	Case Study: Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel - Public Private Partnerships - FHWA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The privately operated, 2.6-mile, dual mode Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel connects the cities of Porter and Whittier on Prince William Sound, 65 miles southeast of Anchorage, Alaska.
		Originally constructed as a railroad tunnel in 1943, the tunnel was Whittier 's only land link for over 50 years, during which time the city developed as an important intermodal barge-rail freight hub.
		Since its opening in the summer of 2000, VMS has been responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Whittier-Portage Tunnel.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /ppp/whittier.htm (345 words)

	wind tunnel on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		A wind tunnel simulates the conditions of an aircraft in flight by causing a high-speed stream of air to flow past a model of the aircraft (or part of an aircraft) being tested.
		The paths of the airstream around the model can also be studied by attaching tufts of wool (which align themselves with the wind direction) to various parts of the model, by injecting thin streams of smoke into the tunnel to render the airflow visible, or by using certain optical devices.
		At velocities near or above the speed of sound, the airstream is created either by releasing highly compressed air from a tank at the upwind end of the tunnel or by allowing air to rush through the tunnel into a previously evacuated vacuum tank at its downwind end.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/w1/windtunn.asp (824 words)

	List of tunnels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The list of tunnels is a link page for any road tunnel, railway tunnel or waterway tunnel anywhere in the world.
		Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel, Newport News, Virginia to Suffolk, Virginia
		Channel Tunnel Rail Link Bill: Marshalled List of Amendments to Be Moved on Report: [HL]: [1996-97]: House of Lords Bill...
	encyclopedia.st /List_of_tunnels (382 words)

	Calendar of Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Sponsored by the Greater Whittier Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Alaska Department of Transportation, the “Walk” is your opportunity to walk through the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel – North America’s longest vehicle tunnel.
		Once walkers reach the Whittier side of the tunnel they can continue to walk into Whittier along the scenic waterfront or ride a bus into town.
		Bring bike helmets to wear in the tunnel (hard hats will be provided for those without helmets).
	whittierforum.yukontel.com /coc/calendar_of_events.htm (592 words)

	Alaska.com \| Other cities & towns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The tunnel, built for the Alaska Railroad, was opened to vehicle traffic in 2000.
		One recent year, 400 people walked the tunnel, and up to 1,000 may be expected.
		While a tunnel walk is a unique opportunity, most Whittier visitors will choose to drive through or ride the train.
	www.alaska.com /places/cities/other_cities/story/4565654p-4763660c.html (2074 words)

	ANTON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Search the ANTON Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
		Search the ANTON Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
		Find graves of people named ANTON at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
	www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/A/ANTON.htm (73 words)

	THE 50 STATES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The site, at www.alapubhealth.org, also lets birth parents place information about their willingness to be contacted and medical history with their adopted child’s original birth certificate.
		Anderson was a former mayor of Anchorage and the Army engineer who led the construction of the original 2.5-mile railroad tunnel in the 1940s.
		The scholarship was established last summer by the Mile High Chapter of the Association of IT Professionals in memory of Dave Sanders, a teacher at the high school who was killed during the school shooting on April 20 last year [GCN/State&Local, July 1999, Page 4].
	appserv.gcn.com /state/vol6_no9/states-50/820-1.html (1590 words)

	Diesel Progress North American Edition: Gen-Sets Provide Standby Support For Nation's Longest Vehicle Tunnel - Anton ...
		Rain lashed Bear Valley in Alaska and a fiercely cold wind drove a crowd of dignitaries and spectators into the mouth of the Anton Anderson Memorial tunnel during its dedication in Whittier, Alaska, this summer.
		The ceremonies celebrated the expansion of the World War II vintage railroad tunnel to handle autos, trucks and busses as well, opening a long awaited vehicle route from the Seward-Anchorage Highway to the shores of Prince William Sound at Whittier.
		Use of the half-century old tunnel is considered ultra-safe, as it survived the famous Good Friday earthquake in 1964.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FZX/is_2000_Sept/ai_65911654 (938 words)

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