Overview | |
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Official name | Big Walker Mountain Tunnel |
Location | Bland County, Virginia, USA |
Coordinates | 37°2′19″N 81°7′51″W / 37.03861°N 81.13083°W |
Route | I-77 |
Operation | |
Opened | 1972 |
Toll | None |
Technical | |
Length | 4,229 ft (1,289 m) |
No. of lanes | 4 |
The Big Walker Mountain Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel in the Appalachian Mountains of Southwest Virginia that carries Interstate 77 through and under Big Walker Mountain. It is located a few miles south of the town of Bland in Bland County and a segment of the Appalachian Trail, and about 20 miles (32 km) south of its longer cousin, the East River Mountain Tunnel.