Tunnels in Canada Tunnels in Canada The Cassiar Tunnel is a highway traffic tunnel in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located near the north end of the Vancouver- Burnaby border. The tunnel goes completely under the interchange between East Hastings Street and the Highway 1 offramps. The entrances and exits of the tunnel are marked by Adanac Street in the south end and Bridgeway Street in the north end (both overhead). The north end of the tunnel connects the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge towards North Vancouver. It is a part of the Trans-Canada Highway in British Columbia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cassiar Tunnel"
Connaught Tunnel, in the Selkirk Mountains under Rogers Pass on the Canadian Pacific Railway main line between Calgary, Alberta, and Revelstoke, British Columbia, at 5.022 miles (8.082 km) long was the longest railway tunnel in North America. Dug under Mount Macdonald (9492 feet or 2893 m) to ease growing traffic experienced between 1910 and 1913, it replaced the dangerous Rogers Pass route. It was named for the Governor General of Canada, The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught. ...more on Wikipedia about "Connaught Tunnel"
The George Massey Tunnel (also known as the Deas Island Tunnel; often referred to as Massey Tunnel) is a highway traffic tunnel in the Greater Vancouver region of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is located approximately 20 kilometers south of the city centre of Vancouver, and approximately 30 kilometers north of the Canada-U.S. Border at Blaine, Washington. ...more on Wikipedia about "George Massey Tunnel"
The Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge-Tunnel (Pont-Tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine) is a Canadian highway bridge-tunnel running over and beneath the St. Lawrence River. It connects the Island of Montreal with the south shore of the river at Longueuil, Quebec. ...more on Wikipedia about "Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge-Tunnel"
The Mount Macdonald Tunnel, located in the vicinity of Rogers Pass in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, is a railway tunnel constructed through Mount Macdonald by the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Mount Macdonald tunnel supplements the nearby Connaught Tunnel that the CPR opened in 1911. Construction commenced in 1984, and the first revenue train passed through in 1988. At 14.7 km, the Mount Macdonald tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the Americas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Macdonald Tunnel"
The Mount Royal Tunnel is a Canadian railway tunnel located in Montreal, Quebec. It connects the city's downtown Central Station with the north side of the Island of Montreal and Laval, passing through Mount Royal. The only trains using the tunnel are commuter trains from AMT's, Deux-Montagnes service ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Royal Tunnel"
When the Spiral Tunnels of the Canadian Pacific Railway were opened to traffic in August, 1909, they were hailed as one of the engineering wonders of the day. ...more on Wikipedia about "Spiral Tunnels"
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