Lehigh Tunnel
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The Lehigh Tunnel is a pair of road tunnels that carries the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension (Interstate 476) under Blue Mountain north from U.S. Route 22 in the Lehigh Valley to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area between mileposts 70.7 to 71.5.[4]
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Location | Washington Township, Lehigh County, and East Penn Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates | 40.7789°N 75.6523°W / 40.7789; -75.6523 |
Route | I-476 / Penna Turnpike NE Extension |
Crosses | Blue Mountain |
Operation | |
Work begun | February 14, 1989 (1989-02-14)[1] |
Opened | November 9, 1991 (1991-11-09)[1] |
Operator | Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission[2] |
Traffic | Automotive |
Character | Road |
Technical | |
Length | 4,380 feet (1,340 m)[1] |
No. of lanes | 4[1] |
Operating speed | 55 mph (89 km/h)[3] |
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