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- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel length "1.28778".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel abstract "The Squirrel Hill Tunnel is a tunnel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves as an eastern gateway to the city for I-376 and was completed in 1953 after 8 years of construction and at a cost of US$18 million 1953 dollars. At the time of opening it was the single largest investment by the State of Pennsylvania Transportation Department (PennDOT). It is 4,225 feet (1,288 m) long and is a twin-bore tunnel with 8 cross passages.Squirrel Hill Tunnel construction began in 1946 and opened to traffic on June 5, 1953. The tunnel consist of two bores that pass through Squirrel Hill inPittsburgh, Pa, carrying two lanes of one-way traffic in each direction for S.R. 0376 (Parkway East). At a cost of $18 million, it was the most costly singleproject built by the State Highways Department and completed the last link in the first eight mile section of the Parkway.The tunnel consists of twin arch-shaped reinforced concrete bores that are 4225 feet long and approximately 29’- 4” wide. The tunnel is segmented longitudinally by expansion joints which occur approximately every 50’-4” with some variation at the entrance and exit. The walls are approximately 1’-9” thick and extend 12 feet above the top of barrier to the intersection with the roof arch. The roof arch is 3 feetthick with an inside radius of 19’-3”.Before 2013 a 6” thick, cast-in-place concrete ceiling separated the arch from the traveled lanes of the tunnel bores to form a plenum which provides ventilation for the tunnel. This ceiling was constructed 14’-2” above the roadway at its centerline. The ceiling is supported by steel hangers at the tunnel centerline. The tunnel ceiling contains rectangular openings of varying dimensions which allow circulation of exhaust and fresh air in the tunnels. In addition to providing ventilation, the plenum carries conduits to power the cellular phone equipment. Both roadway barriers in each bore were retrofitted in 1980 with 2’-0” concrete barriers and walkways for the entire length of the tunnel. The original roadway was also replaced with cement concrete pavement at the entrances and bituminous overlays through the remaining portion during the 1980 rehabilitation.As of June, 2013 the ceiling is being raised because trucks were crashing into it.The tunnel has eight cross-passageways which connect bores and are spaced at approximately 503 foot intervals. These cross-passageways have one fire door near the center, two fireextinguisher niches, and two fire extinguisher cabinets, and emergency indicator lights at each end. Additionally, each cross-passageway contains a hose valve for use by emergency personnel.The Tunnel Portal Buildings, at each end of the tunnel, house the maintenance garages, office space for Department maintenance personnel, and the exhaust and ventilation fan equipment for the tunnel. These buildings are constructed of cast-in-place concrete. The West Portal Building is constructed on caissons and has a series of chambers which comprise its basement. The rear portion of the building basementhas no floor and is, in effect, a set of bridges carrying I-376 East Bound/West Bound above it. The East Portal Building is built on a series of variable-depth spread footings and contains no basement. Otherwise, the Portal Buildings have identical geometry. The facades and exterior surfaces of the Portal Buildings are sandstone and brick veneer with louvered openings and block-glass windows. A variety of cellular phone equipment has been added to the walls and roofs of the Portal Buildings. Additionally, the entrance to each tunnel has traffic signals mounted overhead which are part of the overheight truck detection system.The Squirrel Hill Tunnel lighting system is composed of fluorescent luminaires for constant lighting throughout the length of the tunnel and low-pressure sodium luminaires for the threshold (day time) lighting at the tunnel entrances. Other tunnel operational systems include Carbon Monoxide (CO) monitoring, fire alarm, emergency communications, and an overheight truck detection system.In Pittsburgh driving lore, the tunnels are notorious, most notably for several accidents when tractor-trailers that are too tall to safely travel through the tunnel get stuck against the roof of the tunnel. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is planning to raise the ceiling of the Squirrel Hill Tunnels in Pittsburgh in hopes of easing the bottlenecks the tunnels create into and out of the city. They are also known for generating traffic jams almost to the preceding exits, due to the highway shrinking from 4 lanes to 2; residents prefer to exit and go through Frick Park, as it is generally faster.Due to an engineering project by students at Carnegie Mellon University, it is possible to hear FM broadcasting the entire way through the tunnel.".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel height "4.1148".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel length "1287.78".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel location Pennsylvania.
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel location Pittsburgh.
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel numberOfLanes "4".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel openingDate "1953-06-05".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel openingYear "1953".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel operatedBy Pennsylvania_Department_of_Transportation.
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel owner Pennsylvania_Department_of_Transportation.
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel routeEndLocation Nine_Mile_Run_(New_Jersey).
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel speedLimit "88.5137".
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- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel vehiclesPerDay "106000".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel width "8.5344".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel wikiPageExternalLink squirrelhill_tun.htm.
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel wikiPageExternalLink www.tunnelradio.net.
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- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel wikiPageID "3215787".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel wikiPageRevisionID "593139341".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel caption "East Portal of Squirrel Hill Tunnel in the snow".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel construction "twin bore, circular roof with flat plenum ceiling, concrete with ceramic tile lining".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel coordinates "763".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel end "Nine Mile Run valley and Commercial St. Bridge".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel grade "2.5".
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- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel lanes "4".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel location Pennsylvania.
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel location Pittsburgh.
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel name "Squirrel Hill Tunnel".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel open "1953-06-05".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel operator Pennsylvania_Department_of_Transportation.
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel owner Pennsylvania_Department_of_Transportation.
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel speed "55.0".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel start "I-376 Squirrel Hill interchange".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel startwork "1945".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel toll "none".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel traffic "automobile".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel vpd "106000".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel subject Category:Transportation_in_Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania.
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel subject Category:Tunnels_completed_in_1953.
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel subject Category:Tunnels_in_Pennsylvania.
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel subject Category:U.S._Route_22.
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel subject Category:U.S._Route_30.
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel point "40.428 -79.9263".
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- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel comment "The Squirrel Hill Tunnel is a tunnel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves as an eastern gateway to the city for I-376 and was completed in 1953 after 8 years of construction and at a cost of US$18 million 1953 dollars. At the time of opening it was the single largest investment by the State of Pennsylvania Transportation Department (PennDOT).".
- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel label "Squirrel Hill Tunnel".
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- Squirrel_Hill_Tunnel lat "40.428".
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