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	Eisenhower Tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Eisenhower Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel located at 39.679°, -105.92° on Interstate 70 approximately 60 miles (100 kilometers) west of Denver, Colorado.
		The tunnel was built under the Continental Divide, and at 11,158 feet (3,401 m), is the highest vehicular tunnel in the world.
		The eastern end of the tunnel is under and surrounded by the Loveland ski area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eisenhower_Tunnel (313 words)

	Eisenhower Tunnel Description
		Centerline to centerline, the two tunnels are approximately 115 feet apart at the east ventilation building entrance, 120 feet apart at the west ventilation building entrance, and some 230 feet at the widest point of separation under the mountain.
		The length of the westbound (north) tunnel is 1.693 miles, and the length of the eastbound (south) tunnel is 1.697 miles (outside face to outside face of the ventilation buildings).
		The average grade of both tunnels is 1.64 percent rising toward the west (rising 1.64 feet for each 100 feet on the horizontal).
	www.dot.state.co.us /eisenhower/description.asp (564 words)

	Salang tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The tunnel was opened in 1964 and provided a year-round connection from the North and the Soviet Union to Kabul.
		The tunnel was the highest road tunnel in the world until 1973, when the United States built the Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel — just slightly higher and slightly longer — in the Rocky Mountains.
		During the Soviet-Afghan war, the tunnel was a crucial military link to the South yet prone to ambushes by the mujaheddin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Salang_Tunnel (375 words)

	Eisenhower Memorial Bore
		Mamie Eisenhower, the President's wife, was born and raised in Denver.
		In fact, the Eisenhowers were married in the gladioli-filled music room of the Douds' Denver house on July 1, 1916, and were frequent visitors to the State while he was President.
		The Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel opened on March 8, 1973, following a ceremony that was held inside the tunnel's east portal because of the 34-degree temperature and occasional snow flurries.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /infrastructure/bore.htm (888 words)

	Search Results for "Eisenhower"
		Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel, tunnel, N central Colo.; 8,941 ft/2,725 m.
		Eisenhower, Mount, (9,390 ft/2,862 m), SW Alta., Canada, near B.C. border, in Rocky Mts., in Banff Natl.
		Eisenhower, Dwight D. uhn-how-uhr) A general and political leader of the twentieth century.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Eisenhower (308 words)

	Infrastructure
		We went to the tunnel, however, and walked its entire length, inspecting the point where the fire seemed to be the worst and where the pavement in the roadway was rough with holes.
		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.
	www.firetactics.com /FHWA2.htm (14348 words)

	Major Tunnel Projects 2004
		Tunnels will be built in two phases, phase one; excavation and support of excavtion, phase two; lining and finishes.
		I-664 Tunnel, Hampton Roads 3rd Harbor Crossing, VA - New Bridge Tunnel crossing parallel to existing I-64 Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel and widens I-64 to 8 lanes and 2 multimodal lanes from the I-664 interchange in Hampton to the I-564 interchange in Norfolk.
		Elizabeth River Tunnel, VA - The estimate for Segment I is $1.795 billion which includes the tunnel/trestle bridges across mouth of the Elizabeth River and roadway work.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /bridge/tunnel/projects.htm (727 words)

	Tunnels in the USA and Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The tunnel is at an altitude of 11,112 feet and was the world's highest road tunnel at the time of its construction.
		This tunnel, built in 1821 near Auburn, Pennsylvania, at 450 feet long was the first tunnel of any significance constructed in the USA.
		This structure includes a tunnel through Yerba Buena Island which is the largest bore tunnel in the world with a width of 76 feet, a height of 56 feet (or 58 feet, sources vary) and a length of 1700 feet (or 500 feet - sources vary).
	freespace.virgin.net /john.cletheroe/usa_can/tunnels (500 words)

	Summit Daily News for Breckenridge, Keystone, Copper and Frisco Colorado - News
		EISENHOWER TUNNEL - Drivers passing over the Continental Divide on Interstate 70 Saturday likely never realized it - there were no cone-shaped party hats or noisemakers - but the Eisenhower Tunnel had a birthday.
		The bore initially funneled two-way traffic, until the second tunnel (known as the Edwin C. Johnson bore) was completed on December 23, 1979, and opened to eastbound traffic.
		Fires can be disastrous in tunnels, and to help with this, the CDOT crew also has a fleet of tow trucks and wreckers.
	www.summitdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=SD&Date=20030309&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=303090101&Ref=AR (739 words)

	Tunnel is not `reasonable'
		Annual maintenance of the tunnel would be $1.21 million, according to the study, compared with an estimated $340,000 annually to maintain the bypass.
		Several tunnels suggested by tunnel supporters as comparisons, including the Eisenhower Tunnel in Colorado, were examined and either fared poorly compared with the bypass or were determined not be similar enough to the proposed tunnel, according to the report.
		Tunnel supporters assert that a single-bore tunnel need be only 46-feet wide, and that it could be built for $60 million with substantially less environmental impact.
	www.montara.com /tunnel/950712FEISstory (1185 words)

	Beans Around The World - Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel - Colorado (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Today the beans get to pass through the highest auto tunnel in the world as they make yet another successful road trip.
		By taking the Eisenhower, you'll save yourself a 9.8 mile trek over the top of Loveland Pass, which is probably a good thing to have come February...
		Located about 60 miles west of Denver, the Eisenhower sits 11,000 feet in the air, and tunnels right underneath the Continental Divide.
	www.beans-around-the-world.com /tunnel.html (224 words)

	Colorado @ RockyMountainRoads.com - Interstate 70 - Summit County (Eastbound)
		Eisenhower Tunnel is just ahead, and the last photo in this series shows the tunnel in the distance.
		Not only is this the highest tunnel on the Interstate highway system at 11,013 feet, it is also the highest point on any part of the Interstate highway system.
		The Eisenhower Tunnel is more than a mile long, and this picture shows that even the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel is not immediately visible (even though in this case, it is the truck in the right lane that is preventing us from seeing the other end).
	www.rockymountainroads.com /i-070d_co.html (313 words)

	Rocky Mountain News: Local
		The Eisenhower tunnel is 11,158 feet above sea level, the highest point on the national interstate system.
		The Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel, the original westbound bore of I-70 under the Continental Divide, is the highest point on the entire national system, topping out at 11,158 feet above sea level.
		Eisenhower, recovering from surgery, signed it without ceremony from a hospital bed June 29 among a stack of other bills.
	www.rockymountainnews.com /drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4809565,00.html (1573 words)

	InsideDenver.com - Colorado Millennium 2000
		They were tough, these "tunnel people," many of whom had been recruited from across the nation.
		The first tunnel, which opened in 1973, needed to be redesigned halfway through construction.
		Each tunnel is, in fact, a complex superstructure 42 feet square built to withstand pressures that could flatten a foot-long piece of steel weighing 217 pounds.
	www.denver-rmn.com /millennium/builder.shtml (911 words)

	Welcome to the USMA Provost Marshal's Office
		The Eisenhower Hall lower parking lot and portions of the Eisenhower Hall Tunnel are reserved for handicap parking.
		The remaining Eisenhower Hall parking lots are parked on a first-come, first-serve basis.
		Personnel who attend the Eisenhower Hall shows cannot be guaranteed that they will be able to park in the same area for every show.
	www.usma.edu /PMO/plans.html (530 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Eisenhower launched huge, intricate U.S. highway system
		Started in 1956, the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways is also known as the U.S. Interstate System.
		Eisenhower was determined to build a superhighway in the United States bigger than any other.
		The Eisenhower Tunnel also claims the highest elevation of any vehicle tunnel in the world, and it is the longest bored tunnel on the interstate system, at 7,789 feet.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,575039771,00.html (623 words)

	Colorado @ RockyMountainRoads.com - Interstate 70 - Clear Creek County (Eastbound)
		The proverbial light at the end of the tunnel is visible along eastbound Interstate 70 as it reaches the eastern end of the mile-long Eisenhower Tunnel.
		This is the other end of the loop that avoids the tunnel, but heads to a much higher elevation than the Eisenhower Tunnel via Loveland Pass.
		These are not as impressive as the Eisenhower Tunnel or the tunnels found in Glenwood Canyon, but they are neat in their own right.
	www.rockymountainroads.com /i-070e_co.html (1249 words)

	PUBLIC ROADS On-Line (Summer 1996) - Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways Engineering Marvels
		In Duluth, the Leif Erikson Tunnel, opened in October 1992, has been honored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and others for its use of cut and cover tunnels, architectural design treatments, and extensive landscaping to integrate the freeway into the surrounding urban environment and create a pleasing driving experience.
		The 2.75-km-long Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel under the Continental Divide is the longest tunnel built under the interstate program.
		The 2.75-km Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore, Md., is the largest underwater highway tunnel and the widest vehicular tunnel ever built by the immersed tube method.
	www.tfhrc.gov /pubrds/summer96/p96su28.htm (2645 words)

	CA: U.S. Funds Tunnel Study (orange county to Riverside County ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A controversial idea to build a commuter tunnel under the Santa Ana Mountains connecting Orange and Riverside counties will continue to be studied, thanks to $2 million from the federal government.
		But many Orange County transportation officials have shunned tunnel talk, noting that opinion polls show that voters, elected officials and environmentalists are cool to the thought of burrowing under the Cleveland National Forest.
		before the tunnel while i was in college and didn't have common sense, friends and i drove over loveland pass at night in the winters.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1309173/posts (1902 words)

	Pomona College : Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The tunnel is over two miles long and the product of America’s post-World War II economic and suburban expansion.
		I had never been to Colorado nor driven through the Eisenhower Tunnel, but when I saw it on the map—two red triangles indicating the tunnel’s openings—I knew it was exactly the place I’d been looking for, and that I had to go.
		During the making of 2001, each time I drove through a tunnel I was fascinated with the image and the eerie psychological pull of it: the way this pull echoed the physical passage of the body, encapsulated and hurtling through the narrow space.
	www.pomona.edu /museum/exhibitions/archive/fall2001/labelle/essay_labelle.shtml (717 words)

	Highway Feature of the Week
		The west portal of the Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel is the highest point on the US Interstate system.
		This is also the longest tunnel on the I-system that does not pass under water.
		These and other sensors are connected to a computer that determines the configuration of the various vehicles passing through the tunnel and then flashes a message on a reader board about 400 m from the portal that says "GEAR DOWN TO (XX) MPH" (often as slow as 15 mph (25 km/h)).
	www.gribblenation.com /hfotw/exit_8.html (535 words)

	Trucking News - Study looks at possible tolls at Eisenhower Tunnel
		In the future, truckers traveling through the Eisenhower Tunnel on I-70 could pay for the privilege of doing so.
		Among those where tolls might work, the analysis said, was the tunnel, which sits along the coast-to-coast interstate west of Denver.
		In a statement, CDOT said that the tolls could be used in a number of corridors, and could pay for up to 90 percent of the cost of improvements.
	www.truckflix.com /news_article.php?newsid=1505 (475 words)

	Summitville Tiles, Inc.
		Although the mockup was built to the full scale dimensions of the tunnel, it was only 4 feet long.
		This innovative demonstration eventually led to 6 major tunnel projects: the Cumberland Gap Tunnel in Middlesboro, Kentucky, Eisenhower Tunnel in Silverstone, Colorado, McCarran Tunnel in Las Vegas, Knox County Tunnel in Tennessee, and the Lincoln and Brooklyn Battery Tunnels in New York City.
		Although both the Cumberland Gap and the Eisenhower tunnel projects used Summitville 8" impervious, porcelain, pavers, the Eisenhower Tunnel used a panelized method of installing the tile.
	www.summitville.com /ppavers.htm (464 words)

	Tunnel Maintenance Costs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dividing the Eisenhower maintenance figures by, say, two to account for differences in traffic and adjusting for the length of the proposed tunnel gives us a yearly maintenance estimate of $535,000.
		Thus the tunnel might cost from $34,000 to $355,000 per year more than the bypass to maintain if we accept all of Caltrans figures and make only reasonable assumptions about maintenance being roughly proportional to traffic.
		For example, included in the cost of the Eisenhower tunnel is a dedicated fifty man crew with its own fire equipment (required since the Eisenhower is 20 minutes away from the nearest town).
	www.montara.com /Montara/Johnson/MaintenanceCosts.html (596 words)

	Untitled
		Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel is at the summit of Straight Creek Pass.
		The tunnel is prohibited to vehicles over 13' 6" in height and Hazardous Material loads that require a placard.
		If you are going eastbound and cannot use the tunnel because of height, width, or hazardous cargo you must use Loveland Pass on US 6.
	www.campingworld.com /cforum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/14986979.cfm (1864 words)

	Colorado I-70
		A blurry picture on westbound I-70 of the twin-bore Beavertail Mountain Tunnel, northeast of the SH 65 interchange in De Beque Canyon.
		East Portal of the Eisenhower Tunnel from a parking area on the north side of the road.
		Westbound signals that are used to stop traffic in case of a tunnel emergency, and a good view of the portal itself.
	www.mesalek.com /colo/i70.html (3938 words)

	Eisenhower Tunnel holiday numbers flat - The Denver Business Journal: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Traffic through the Eisenhower Tunnel on Interstate 70, a traditional choke point for weekend travelers to Colorado's high country, was flat for this year's Memorial Day weekend compared to last year, the Colorado Department of Transportation said Tuesday.
		The tunnel, the highest vehicular tunnel in the world, is about 60 miles west of Denver on I-70.
		The average elevation of the tunnel is 11,112 feet.
	www.bizjournals.com /denver/stories/2006/05/29/daily6.html?from_rss=1 (438 words)

	CHARLES LaBELLE :: Horror of Light :: Artist Statement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		I had never been to Colorado nor driven through the Eisenhower Tunnel but when I saw it on the map-- two red triangles indicating the tunnel’s openings-- I knew it was exactly the place I’d been looking for and that I had to go.
		During the making of “2001,” each time I drove through a tunnel I was fascinated with the image and the eerie psychological pull of it.
		Yet this idea is different from the belief that something better lies in wait somewhere down the road-- the proverbial “light at the end of the tunnel”-- which is a lie.
	home.earthlink.net /~clabelle/exhibit/horroroflight_statement.html (735 words)

	Rocky Mountain News: Local
		The state transportation department stopped cars and trucks from entering the eastbound Eisenhower Tunnel eight times Sunday because of congestion caused by snow and heavy traffic.
		A manager at the tunnel, which is staffed around the clock, reported Sunday's was the worst traffic jam he'd seen there, said Stacey Stegman, Colorado Department of Transportation spokeswoman.
		CDOT stops vehicles from entering the 1.7-mile tunnel once traffic on the exiting side backs up so that half the tunnel is filled with vehicles.
	www.rockymountainnews.com /drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4428155,00.html (296 words)

	Summit Daily News for Breckenridge, Keystone, Copper and Frisco Colorado - Columnists
		Mary's a crew chief at the Eisenhower Tunnel.
		I'm thinking it's daunting to keep tabs on the air inside that piece of engineering (Mary tells me that generally speaking, the air quality inside the tunnel is better than what we breathe down in Denver), much less go in there and rescue a stranded motorist.
		Since much of the trouble on the road, winter and summer, is caused by people in a hurry, leave early for your destination, then add another 10 minutes on top of that, she says, adding that we've got a helluva slate of summer road projects.
	www.summitdaily.com /article/20060314/COLUMNS/103140027/-1/rss01 (792 words)

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