 Westbound tunnel entrance | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Location | Wheeling, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 40°04′22″N 80°43′11″W / 40.0727192°N 80.719621°W |
| Route |   I-70 / US 250 |
| Operation | |
| Work begun | August 22, 1963[1] |
| Opened | December 7, 1966[2] |
| Operator | WVDOH |
| Vehicles per day | 59,600 (2009 AADT)[3] |
| Technical | |
| Length | 0.27 mi (430 m) |
| No. of lanes | 2 each |
| Operating speed | 45 mph (72 km/h) |
The Wheeling Tunnel is a set of twin tunnels named for and located in Wheeling, West Virginia. The tunnels are 0.27 miles (430 m) long each, cutting through Wheeling Hill, and each carries two lanes of Interstate 70 and U.S. Route 250. The tunnels originally took three years to construct, costing $6.9 million. Reconstruction of the tunnel, originally planned to take a total of 6 months, took over three years to complete between 2007 and 2010, at a cost of $13.7 million.
- ^ "Break Ground for Wheeling Tunnel". The Washington Observer. Washington, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. August 23, 1963. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
- ^ Connors, Fred (March 12, 2007). "W.Va. Courts Tile Makers". The Intelligencer & Wheeling News Register. Retrieved January 24, 2011.[dead link] Alt URL Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ I70 - Ohio to Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). West Virginia Department of Transportation. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2011.