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MOFFAT TUNNEL
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MOFFAT TUNNEL
ROLLINSVILLE, COLORADO -
Location: WEST OF ROLLINSVILLE ABOUT 5 MILES
Description:
  • RAILROAD TUNNEL
  • HISTORICAL LANDMARK
Comments/Directions:
The Moffat Tunnel was built over 4 years to penetrate the Continental Divide and allow the Rollins Pass, which was intended to last a few years but endured 24 years, to be abandoned. It is 6.2 miles long and is now managed by the Union Pacific.
Added 04/20/2004   Updated 07/04/2006
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