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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)

	Tunnel - LoveToKnow 1911
		Tunnelling on a large scale was also carried on at the rock temples of Nubia and of India, and the architectural features of the entrances to some of these temples might be studied with advantage by the designers of modern tunnel fronts.
		As instances of ancient tunnels through soft ground and requiring masonry arching, reference may be made to the vaulted drain under the south-east palace of Nimrod and to the brick arched tunnel, 12 ft. high and 15 ft. wide, under the Euphrates.
		This tunnel is one of fiftytwo single-line tunnels, with a gradient of I in 40, on the main line between Florence and Bologna, built by Thomas Brassey.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Tunnel (8037 words)

	Interstate 77 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Likewise, southbound I-77 is to the east of northbound I-77.
		The East River Mountain Tunnel is one of only two instances in the United States where a mountain road tunnel crosses a state line.
		During the 9 mile (14.4 km) stretch where I-77 and I-81 merge in Virginia, the driver is heading "both north and south" on a wrong-way concurrency.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Interstate_77 (848 words)

	Tunnel Vision
		Tunnels were necessary in the mountains of western Virginia because of physics.
		The longest Virginia tunnel is the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel at 7,479 feet, followed by the Thimble Shoal Tunnel, a part of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel project.
		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)

	Infrastructure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Since the walls of these tunnels are flat fl from the years of use, it was impossible to ascertain from the smoke patterns on the wall and ceiling which way the smoke went from the fire scene.
		With a tunnel of this length, it is important that a fire be detected early and its location be clearly defined, so the Swiss depend on the fire detectors as their primary fire prevention weapon.
		The Frejus Tunnel lies between Lyon, France, and Turino, Italy, and is the shortest route between Brest, Paris, and Lyon in France and Turino, Milano, and Rome in Italy.
	www.firetactics.com /FHWA2.htm (14348 words)

	East River Mountain Tunnel
		The construction of the East River Mountain Tunnel was of
		Crossing the mountain during the summer took a considerable amount of time, not to mention what it was like in the winter.
		The East River Mountain Tunnel will always be thought of as one of the most important advancements ever achieved in the two Virginias.
	www.bland.k12.va.us /bland/rocky/ermtunnelreport.html (681 words)

	Interstate 81 and Interstate 77
		The East River Mountain Tunnel, 5,412 feet long, has its south portal in Virginia and its north portal in West Virginia; one of only two places in the U.S. where a mountain tunnel crosses beneath a state border.
		The East River Mountain Tunnel was constructed by Virginia, funded by both states, and is operated by Virginia.
		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)

	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)

	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)

	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District - East Branch Lake
		East Branch Lake has the capability to store the equivalent run-off of 21.84 inches of precipitation from its 72.4 square mile drainage area.
		Location: On the East Branch of the Clarion River, 7.3 miles upstream from its junction with the West Branch of the Clarion River at Johnsonburg, Pa. The project is located entirely in Elk County.
		The meandering Clarion River, tumbling mountain streams, and placid lake have yielded fine catches of muskie, trout, walleye and small mouth bass.
	www.lrp.usace.army.mil /rec/lakes/eastbran.htm (742 words)

	East River Mountain Tunnel
		The East River Mountain Tunnel carries I-77 through East River Mountain and connects the states of Virginia and West Virginia.
		It is over 5400 feet in length, making it the 7th longest twin highway tunnel in the United States.The ribbon cutting ceremony was held on December 20,1974.It was without a doubt, a monumental project that changed the lives of the people of Bland County forever.
		Four tunnels were bored simultaneously from opposite sides of the mountain and had to meet each other in the middle of the rock solid mountain.
	www.bland.k12.va.us /bland/rocky/ertunnel.html (183 words)

	MIssionary Ridge Tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The tunnel portals were constructed in the shape of a horseshoe, and this is believed to be the only tunnel with a horseshoe portal in the state.
		As a hard-rock tunnel of almost one thousand feet in length, the Missionary Ridge Tunnel was an engineering landmark when it opened to rail traffic and an important example of the use of slave labor in a southern industrial venture.
		Once the tunnel was completed, the construction of the rail line, “complicated and impeded by the many ridges which stood in the way,” began in 1856.
	www.mtsu.edu /~cwtech/railroad/tunnel_mr.html (2486 words)

	West Virginia @ AARoads.com - Interstate 77
		U.S. 52 northbound departs a 1.75 mile overlap with Interstate 77 from the Exit 66 in Virginia through the East River Mountain Tunnel.
		Lewisburg represents the crossroads of U.S. 60 and 219 in mountainous Greenbrier County.
		For the most part, the stretch between Prosperity and Cabin Creek on the West Virginia Turnpike sees the tollway travel through a deep valley along side a small creek Exit 66 is one of three diamond interchanges with short access roads between the freeway and the adjacent county highway.
	www.aaroadtrips.com /i-077_wv.html (946 words)

	Glimpses of Historical Areas East of the Mississippi River
		Far away to the northeast the dim blue outlines of the Cumberland Mountains, clothed to their summits in forests, seem to merge, ridge by ridge, into the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee.
		Farther to the east and southeast the eye roves over diminishing ranges to the direction of Buzzard Roost, Dalton, and Atlanta, while nearer at hand the abrupt rampart of Missionary Ridge, with the battlefield of Chickamauga just beyond its southern extremity, walls in the valley in which lies Chattanooga.
		Due north, beyond the treetops of the mountain slopes and the checkered fields and woodlands of the valley, the city glimmers beneath a plume of smoke, half circled by the waters of the Tennessee, which sweep on, almost beneath one's feet, in the majestic curve of Moccasin Bend.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/glimpses3/glimpses4g.htm (1469 words)

	Traffic & Travel: Traffic Alerts by District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A rehabilitation project at I-77 East River Mountain Tunnel and Big Walker Mountain Tunnel is now underway.
		To avoid congestion, VDOT recommends motorists travel through the tunnels during the morning hours, when traffic flow is at its lightest.
		East and westbound traffic has been shifted to the westbound lanes of Alternate Route 58 between the East Corporate Limits of Pennington Gap and the west end of Dryden at the old railroad bridge.
	www.virginiadot.org /comtravel/ct-alerts-details.asp?Region=1&Cnty=-1&Inter=-1&Rte=-1&Time=-1&Type=R (2114 words)

	Tazewell County Genealogy
		Tazewell County, VA This Southwestern Virginia County lies on the Alleghany Plateau and is characterized by its mountainous terrain.
		A secondary continental divide seperates the watersheds to the New River Valley and the Tennessee River Valley.
		A primary route through the mountains for the early pioneers was the game and Indian trails along the Clearfork branch of Wolf Creek, from its juncture with the New River, into the Clinch River Valley and on to Cumberland Gap and Kentucky.
	www.mindspring.com /~ronwags/Tazgen.html (1408 words)

	Timeless names - Roanoke.com
		But not the tunnel that passes through the mountain thatâs stood for eons, the mountain that gives its name to many area businesses and is entwined in the peopleâs daily lives.
		Sometimes the mountain is sharp and clear, sometimes it is a deep, brooding green.
		The mountain is a comfort, for itâs always there, and the tunnel that has run through it since the early 1970s should retain its name.
	www.roanoke.com /columnists/hart/wb/6548 (1088 words)

	Blue Ridge Classic League -- Field Directions
		From Charlottesville, head east on I-64 (for reference, exit 118 is the U.S. 29 exit).
		The Jackson River Complex will be the first road on the left after passing the AET parking lot.
		The Montvale Elementary school is about 3/4 of a mile east on U.S. 460 past the tank farms and Montvale Library.
	www.brclsoccer.org /fields/fieldlist.html (4769 words)

	Through The Tunnel Just In The Knick Of Time
		The tunnels were created as shortcuts back in the early 1970s.
		The 90 second trip through East River Mountain tunnel is quick and safe.
		"The tunnel has been in service now for 31 years and this is the first major overhaul that we will go through," says Marty Halloway, Virginia DOT Enginner.
	www.wowktv.com /story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=3064 (354 words)

	Driving Directions to Southwest Virginia Community College
		From Pikeville, Kentucky, take Route 460 East toward Grundy, Virginia, and remain on Route 460 past Richlands until the intersection of Route 460/Route 19.
		Before reaching the East River Mountain Tunnel, take exit #1, and turn right onto Route 52 (this is an access road leading to Route 19/460).
		Take exit #1 immediately after the East River Mountain tunnel (you may want to stay in the right hand lane while in the tunnel) onto Route 52 (this is an access road leading to Route 19/460).
	www.sw.edu /community/directions.htm (580 words)

	Signs & Sighs from Mercer County, W. Va. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		East River Mountain sign on WV 598 near the Virginia state line.
		Virginia also has an East River Mountain elevation sign on its side of the state line, with the elevation reading a few feet higher than West Virginia's measurement.
		US 52 is multiplexed with I-77 south through the East River Mountain tunnel into Virginia.
	www.millenniumhwy.net /signs&sights/wv/mercer (204 words)

	"Gooseberry" Banff rock climbs, Tunnel Mountain East face provided by rockguide.ca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		After pitch 3 though the climbing improves remarkably and there is wonderful climbing on good rock (by local standards).
		Follow a good trail along the base of the cliff heading towards the river.
		In a short distance it descends through an open blocky boulderfield at the base of the lowest point of rock on the east face.
	www.rocksolidguide.com /guidebook/gooseberry.htm (500 words)

	TransCanadaHighway.com Banff, Alberta's Tunnel Mountain
		Banff's Tunnel Mountain is best seen from Tunnel Mountain Road, accessed by Banff Rocky Mountain Resort at the extreme east end of Banff Avenue, or by Buffalo Street, along the eastern bank of the Bow River.
		When starting from teh east, the road wind and limbs until you get to a number of hotels, motels, and a campground, with a great view of the Bow River Valley and relative isolation from Banff's hustle and bustle (and also the train horns heard in the town throughout the night).
		These pillars of eroded sandstone are located about a mile north of Bow Falls where the Bow River has eroded into Tunnel Mountain, across from the Banff Springs Golf Course.
	www.transcanadahighway.com /alberta/Banff-Tunnel.htm (325 words)

	Route Numbering: Virginia to Wyoming
		Virginia 598 is an old stretch of U.S. 52, which was rerouted when the East River Mountain Tunnel was built (the tunnel now carries 52 and I-77).
		Pleasant Silver Bridge into the Ohio River caused the bridge to be rebuilt south of the Kanawha.
		The south extreme is 11, north is 77 (but 13 is also along Lake Superior west of Ashland), west is 35 and east is 42.
	members.tripod.com /jpkirby/narn4.html (1739 words)

	Adventure July/August 2001 @ nationalgeographic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A century ago, the winds that blow daily through the 80-mile-long [129-kilometer-long] Columbia River Gorge were considered a nuisance.
		Now the wind-tunnel phenomenon draws windsurfers from all over to riverbank put-ins that extend at least 20 miles [32 kilometers] west and 80 miles [129 kilometers] east of the town of Hood River.
		The main action is along the Corridor, a three-mile [five-kilometer] stretch of river on both sides of town.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /adventure/0107/trips_4.html (419 words)

	Welcome to 36 Ellerburn Drive, Millenium Park
		The best way to come into my town, if you know of this interstate on the East Coast, is to run I-77, if you're coming from the south, up till you reach East River Mountain Tunnel, and come on through the tunnel.
		I would always stand inside one of them and try to imagine just what the people were like that lived there so long ago, what they'd done during their days, if their nights were spent by candle light and a roaring hearth fire.
		Coming in town, and don't worry, you won't be leaving those wonderful mountains as you enter town; they surround you all the way - East River Mountain will always be on your left as you enter into town, and more mountainous hills and valleys are scattered throughout the town as you enter and cruise.
	www.fortunecity.com /millenium/ellerburn/36/myhome.html (948 words)

	USGS Rocky Mountain National Park Virtual Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Colorado-Big Thompson diversion project transfers water from Lake Granby, Shadow Mountain Lake and Grand Lake (in the Colorado River basin) to the Big Thompson River for use on the east slope of the Front Range.
		The water is moved from the west portal at Grand Lake, through the Alva B. Adams Tunnel, and out of the east portal into a small reservoir on the Wind River.
		The 1987 map shows the east and west portals and the tunnels, which do not appear on the 1915 map.
	rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov /rmnp/alva_phys.html (284 words)

	SpeedTrap Exchange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Speed limit is reduced from 40 MPH to 30 MPH just after the the hill moving west to east on Columbia Pike.
		You approach him by cresting a small hill and he is on the long down hill slope to the river.
		A cop always sits on the opposite side of the road from the river in front of some houses on the side of the street.
	www.speedtrap.org /speedtraps/ste.asp?state=VA&city=all (2931 words)

	Richlands News-Press.com - The Richlands News Press / Clinch Valley News
		The chamber dinner was also highlighted by the presentation of the Robert Hamilton Award for superior community service to Marshall Miller.
		Chamber leaders also announced that the East River Mountain tunnel on Interstate 77 would be named in honor of the late Edward Steele.
		Steele was a member of the Great Lakes to Florida Highway Association and worked to get the Interstate through the region. Tazewell County Supervisors and other regional leaders sent resolutions to Richmond asking that the tunnel be named for Steele.
	www.richlands-news-press.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=RNP/MGArticle/RNP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031779597082&path=!frontpage (406 words)

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