Cumberland Gap Tunnel

The Cumberland Gap Tunnel is a dual-bore, four lane vehicular tunnel that carries U.S. Route 25E under Cumberland Gap National Historical Park near the intersection of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. The tunnel consists of two separate bores which carry four lanes of traffic between Cumberland Gap, Tennessee and Middlesboro, Kentucky. It is one of only two mountain vehicular tunnels in the United States that cross a state line, the other being the East River Mountain Tunnel on Interstate 77 and U.S. Route 52 between Virginia and West Virginia. The tunnel opened to traffic in 1996 and replaced a section of highway through the Cumberland Gap that had earned the nickname "Massacre Mountain" due to its hazardous design and high rate of traffic collisions.

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Location: 36.6058, -83.6769, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Gap Cave ⓘ
  cave in Viriginia (US)

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  Cumberland Gap Tunnel ⓘ
  Tunnel underneath Cumberland Gap

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CGTunnel

US 25E - Earthworks at the Tennessee entrance of the Cumberland Gap Tunnel

Cumberland Gap tunnel construction

Cumberland Gap tunnel construction

Cumberland Gap Tunnel

Cumberland Gap Tunnel

CumberlandGap

Cumberland gap tunnel interior

Cumberland Gap Tunnel P9040337

Cumberland Gap Tunnel P9040332

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	cave		Gap Cave	show cave, cave	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Cumberland Gap Tunnel	road tunnel	Wikidata
commons	image		CGTunnel		Commons
commons	image		US 25E - Earthworks at the Tennessee entrance of the Cumberland Gap Tunnel		Commons
commons	image		Cumberland Gap tunnel construction		Commons
commons	image		Cumberland Gap tunnel construction		Commons
commons	image		Cumberland Gap Tunnel		Commons
commons	image		Cumberland Gap Tunnel		Commons
commons	image		CumberlandGap		Commons
commons	image		Cumberland gap tunnel interior		Commons
commons	image		Cumberland Gap Tunnel P9040337		Commons
commons	image		Cumberland Gap Tunnel P9040332		Commons