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	East River Mountain Tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The East River Mountain Tunnel near Bluefield, West Virginia carries Interstate 77 through/under East River Mountain.
		The northern end of the tunnel is in West Virginia, and the southern end is in Virginia.
		The tunnel is about 20 miles (32 km) north of its shorter cousin, the Big Walker Mountain Tunnel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/East_River_Mountain_Tunnel (227 words)

	Ole Singstad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born in Lensvik in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, Singstad was educated at the Trondheim Tekniske Læreanstalt, and in 1905 he emigrated to the USA.
		He also constructed the Lincoln Tunnel, the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and the Queens-Midtown Tunnel in New York City, and a tunnel under the river Schelde in Antwerp, Netherlands.
		This firm did the final design of The Big Walker Mountain Tunnel in Virginia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ole_Singstad (165 words)

	Tunnel Vision
		Specifically, the Big Bend Tunnel in Talcott, W.Va. The project was part of a 19th-century effort to expand the railroad west across Virginia from the Atlantic.
		Tunnels were necessary in the mountains of western Virginia because of physics.
		At 5,412 feet, it is the third longest tunnel in the state and the seventh longest twin highway tunnel in the U.S. Groundbreaking took place on August 12, 1969.
	www.baconsrebellion.com /Issues05/08-23/Curious.php (1149 words)

	Interstate 81 and Interstate 77
		The East River Mountain Tunnel was constructed by Virginia, funded by both states, and is operated by Virginia.
		Little Walker Mountain, about 2 miles south, was crossed by an open cut over 300 feet deep, and over 5 million cubic yards of earth was moved.
		The Tunnels of Bland County, and The East River Mountain Tunnel and Building the Tunnel, and Charles Fore, Maintenance Supervisor of tunnel, by the Bland County History Archives.
	www.roadstothefuture.com /I81_I77_VA.html (772 words)

	GORP - Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway - Virginia Scenic Drives
		The Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway showcases the natural beauty of southwest Virginia and the history of the area.
		Big Bend Picnic Area is 4 miles from U.S. 52 on Forest Service Road 206, which is to the right of Route 52.
		Big Bend is set amidst orchard grass under a canopy of oaks at an elevation of 4,000 feet.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/activity/byway/va_bigwa.htm (806 words)

	Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway - Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Big Walker Mountain in the Spring (VA) [1]
		Traversing 16.2 miles of State Highway 717 and US 52/21 in the Jefferson National Forest, the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway is a perfect scenic alternative to six miles of Interstate 77 and the Big Walker Interstate tunnel.
		Historically speaking, the scenic byway over Big Walker Mountain is the route traversed during the Civil War by Mary "Molly" Tynes as she came over the mountain in July of 1863 to warn the people of Wytheville about a raid planned by Union Calvary.
	www.byways.org /browse/byways/44704/overview.html (401 words)

	Virginia @ AARoads.com - Interstate 77
		The first of two Interstate 77 tunnels within the state of Virginia is that of the Big Walker Mountain Tunnel.
		The second of two Interstate 77 tunnels, the East River Mountain Tunnel lies along the Virginia and West Virginia state border.
		Entering the northbound bore of the East River Mountain Tunnel of Interstate 77 & U.S. 52 departs the freeway via Cumberland Road (Exit 1) at the north end of the tunnel.
	www.aaroadtrips.com /i-077_va.html (1138 words)

	The Big Walker and East River Mountain Tunnels - Back in Time - Highway History - FHWA
		The tunnel was completed in 1974 and at $40,000,000 carried the biggest price tag of any project done to date by the West Virginia Department of Highways.
		Because the tunnel connected the two states with the state line dividing nearly half the tunnel, Virginia shared in the expense.
		At East River Mountain, caves created sinkholes and sunk part of the tunnel two feet so that concrete had to be hauled in to correct the problem.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /infrastructure/back0705.cfm (457 words)

	Blue Ridge Muse: February 2004 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Big Walker Mountain is part of the Jefferson National Forest, which meant no highway through the land.
		Mountains flattened, land scarred, trails of erosion carrying mud and debris into streams and rivers.
		NASCAR founder "Big Bill" France banned Turner from racing after he tried, unsuccessfully to organize a drivers' union but the suspension was lifted and Turner came back to win.
	www.blueridgemuse.com /muse2/2004/02 (6480 words)

	Road Trip September 2004
		Big piles of rubble dotted the landscape, the fruit of the labor of clean up crews preparing some buildings for repair, and others - the ones damaged beyond repair - for demolition.
		The sound was good enough, and all five bands (Polynesian Proud, Big Pineapple, Billy Mure, Vodkanauts, and I Belli Di Waikiki, from Italy) made a real effort to keep to the challenging schedule.
		Hotels were full of those who had lost their homes, gas stations had their pumps covered with plastic bags to show that they were empty, and big piles of debris lay in front of buildings - the beginnings of clean-up efforts.
	www.tikibars.net /writings/roadtrip904.html (10403 words)

	Charles Fore
		Perhaps the most powerful parts of the tunnel are the huge fans located on each side to the tunnel.
		Polluted air can be taken out of the tunnel and fresh air can be put back in its place in about two minutes.
		The passageways inside the tunnel are locked off by strong metal doors.
	www.bland.k12.va.us /bland/rocky/charliefore.html (1354 words)

	Cleaning Project In I-77 Big Walker Mountain Tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		BLAND COUNTY - Due to cleaning of the tunnel walls inside the Interstate 77 Big Walker Mountain tunnel, traffic will be restricted to one-lane from 8 p.m.
		Beginning tonight and continuing through Thursday, May 17, traffic will be restricted to one lane in the southbound section of the tunnel.
		Traffic will be restricted to one lane in the northbound section of the tunnel Tuesday, May 22, through Thursday, May 24.
	www.virginiadot.org /infoservice/News/BRIS05152001-tunnel.asp (139 words)

	Interstate 77 Virginia - Aerial Photos
		Paving is underway on this section of I-77, looking north from the Hicksville area to the Rocky Gap area in Bland County.
		This section is north of the Big Walker Mountain Tunnel.
		More than 18 million cubic yards of rock and dirt will be dug from one place and moved to another (the deepest cut will be 160 feet, and the highest fill will be 270 feet).
	www.roadstothefuture.com /I77_VA_Aerial_Photos.html (421 words)

	The Tunnels
		Bland County is the only county in the United States thate is entered and exited via Interstate Tunnels.
		Big Walker Mountain located a few hundred yards from the Wythe County line and East River Mountain,which forms the Virginia and West Virginia border, are the locations of these tunnels.
		Bland County was a very isolated place before these tunnels were constructed.
	www.bland.k12.va.us /bland/rocky/tunnels.html (68 words)

	Spacecraft » Rockets for Ted
		Bland, Virginia is at one of the several intersections of US 52 and I-77, the one just North of the tunnel under Big Walker Mountain.
		The High School is just East of downtown on VA 42, and I was riding by Sunday and noticed the name.
		Here is the Google Maps aerial photography of Bland, and if you drag South a bit, you can easily see the I-77 Big Walker Mountain Tunnel.
	krishl.us /spacecraft?p=27 (293 words)

	Ranges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		We have a lot of folks here in Florida that have the big guns, several in our club are members of your organization.
		The Allegheny Mountain Shooting Complex rests on 1056 acres in Penn Township Clearfield County near the villages in Irishtown and Walltown.
		Knowing these big guns are noisy they asked the club if it was O.K. to shoot 50s, and the club granted permission.
	www.fcsa.org /ranges.htm (3101 words)

	VDGIF > Hunting > Where To Hunt > Shooting Ranges & Preserves
		The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries has public sighting-in ranges available at the Amelia, Chickahominy, C.F. Phelps, Gathright, and White Oak Mountain Wildlife Management Areas.
		These ranges are built with safety and accuracy in mind, and have posted restrictions.
		Take the Route 717 Exit off I-77 (near Big Walker Mountain Tunnel), turn west onto Route 717.
	www.dgif.state.va.us /hunting/where_to_hunt/shooting_ranges.html (806 words)

	Byron Nelson Cooper
		He was a man of broad interests, and his impact in research, administration, and teaching will be a continuing force in the years to come.
		The geological evolution of the Appalachian mountain system was a vital research interest for Bryon during all of his professional career.
		At about the same time, he came to doubt a long-standing theory of the origin of erosion surfaces in the Appalachians in which the surfaces were thought to be products of at least four cycles of erosion.
	www.geol.vt.edu /stuinfo/cooper.html (2249 words)

	Resume of James E.Brown - G.A. Brown & Son, Inc.
		Brown was employed by Harman Construction, Inc. of Grafton, West Virginia in the position of Superintendent-Engineer during which time he participated in the construction of various highway and bridge projects in the central West Virginia area.
		For the period of February 1968 to October 1969, he returned to the employ of Langenfelder and was Assistant Project Engineer on their joint venture with Raymond International, Inc. for construction of Big Walker Mountain Tunnel on Interstate 77 at Wytheville, Virginia.
		In October 1969, he returned to the central West Virginia area and was employed by Gibbs and Hill, Inc. of New York City as Field Engineer at the Harrison Power Station Project near Shinnston, West Virginia, a position he held for more than four years.
	www.gabrown.com /jeb.htm (720 words)

	Techeod: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		It's also flat-out beautiful, adhering to no central kind of Western melody in favor of open-ended improvisations and celebratory tablas that sound like invocations to an ancient dance.
		The track shifts into the nearly half-hour-long "Big Walker Mountain Tunnel," which revolves around an ebbing and rising howl of treated sound interspersed with occasional muffled beats and extra overdubs.
		It easily and favorably compares to the murkier work of Flying Saucer Attack [+] or Roy Montgomery [+] from around the same period, the blend of electronic and acoustic instrumentation eventually falling away into isolated, extended drones and returning again to full strength, a striking improvisational cycle.
	www.music.com /release/techeod/1 (492 words)

	WUSA - Print Story
		Motorists going to Virginia Beach may want to use I-664 Monitor Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel as an alternate route to the I-64 Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel.
		The Monitor Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel is less traveled than the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel.
		I-77 Big Walker Mountain Tunnel: Overnight lane closures from 11 p.m.
	www.wusatv9.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=39983 (704 words)

	George Washington & Jefferson National Forests
		This range is located near the Stoney Fork Campground on State Route 717.
		Take the SR 717 exit off of Interstate 77 (near the Big Walker Mountain Tunnel).
		Approximately 500 yards down SR 717, turn right onto the road that leads to the State maintenance building.
	www.fs.fed.us /r8/gwj/recreation/shooting_ranges/index.shtml (705 words)

	CSA News Issue 41 - Fast Facts
		General Advisory: any major bridge or tunnel on your route to the south may, from time to time, be subject to traffic control by the National Guard, for security reasons.
		We suggest that you keep your passports handy in your car for the duration of your journey south.
		I-77 route (Erie-Pittsburgh- Beckley-Columbia): Traffic could be heavy and delays may occur when entering Virginia via the East River Mountain Tunnel and Big Walker Mountain Tunnel, due to the possibility of National Guard vehicle security checks.
	www.snowbirds.org /csanews/issues/41/54.html (416 words)

	Truland Systems - Electrical Contractor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Truland has provided extensive electrical work on area Metro stations, which are equipped with complete substations, uninterruptible power supply systems, life-safety and intrusion systems, and complete switchgear lineups.
		In the Silver Spring station this also included completing work on the parking garage, underground tunnels, ventilation shafts, on-grade track, and aerial structures.
		Fort McHenry Tunnel - Baltimore, MD Big Walker Mountain Tunnel - Wythe, VA East River Mountain Tunnel - Bluefield, WV I-95 Roadway Lighting
	www.truland.com /document2.cfm/performance/15 (235 words)

	Layover.com: forums
		mountain ridges on either side of the valley.
		tunnel, stop signs at the end of off-ramps, short merge lanes into the
		EB (and WB) drops to one lane at the western end of the tunnel.
	www.layover.com /cgi-bin/usenet/lounge.pl/misc.transport.road/7756.html (2210 words)

	Personal Road Sign Gallery - Virginia
		What is interesting about this sign is that the 717 is all text and the only information given on the sign.
		This is Exit 47 just south of the Big Walker Mountain Tunnel.
		This is located at the interchange where US 220 joins I-64.
	www.gribblenation.com /vapics/gallery/adam.html (848 words)

	Keen Mountain Correctional Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		From Richmond: Take I-64 West to Staunton, then I-81 South and West to I-77 North.
		Take I-77 through Big Walker Mountain Tunnel and East River Mountain Tunnel, then take first Bluefield exit.
		State Route 598 to U.S. Route 460 West to Richlands and proceed on U.S. Route 460 fifteen miles to State Route 680; turn right onto State Route 680, then left onto State Route 629 to the site.
	www.vadoc.state.va.us /facilities/institutions/keenmountain.htm (81 words)

	My Trip to the 1998 Linux Expo, 27-31 May 1998
		In Virginia, I-77 goes through the mountains twice and is very foggy at night.
		On the VA-WV border is the East River Mountain Tunnel, and on south is the Big Walker Mountain Tunnel.
		A photo of one of its portals is shown on
	dse.webonastick.com /road-trips/19980528-linux-expo.html (410 words)

	Directions to PATH Camp Sites
		Missing this exit will bring you to the Big Walker Mountain tunnel through which you should continue.
		Turn around on the other side and come back.
		Soon after emerging from the tunnel again, exit to to the right onto VA 717.
	www.path-at.org /mainhtml/directions.html (923 words)

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