Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel

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The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel is a combined rail and highway tunnel in Alaska that provides the only road access to the town of Whittier through the Chugach Mountains.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf highway tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel ⓘ
road–rail tunnel ⓘ
transportation tunnel ⓘ
builtFor military logistics during World War II ⓘ
carries Alaska Railroad ⓘ
Alaska Route 1 ⓘ
connects Portage, Alaska ⓘ
Whittier, Alaska ⓘ
constructionMethod drill-and-blast tunneling ⓘ
hasFeature emergency pullouts ⓘ
fire suppression systems ⓘ
jet fan ventilation system ⓘ
railroad-grade concrete roadway ⓘ
hasPortal Portage portal ⓘ
Whittier portal ⓘ
hasSafetyRestriction no hazardous materials ⓘ
speed limits enforced ⓘ
hasSeason year-round operation ⓘ
hasSignificance one of the longest highway tunnels in North America ⓘ
only road access to Whittier, Alaska ⓘ
hasToll yes ⓘ
hasTrafficControl one-way alternating traffic ⓘ
signal-controlled portal access ⓘ
hasUsage rail traffic ⓘ
tourist access to Whittier ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ
length approximately 2.5 miles ⓘ
approximately 4.0 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Chugach Mountains ⓘ
United States ⓘ
namedAfter Anton Anderson ⓘ
near Portage Glacier ⓘ
Turnagain Arm ⓘ
openedToRailTraffic 1943 ⓘ
openedToRoadTraffic 2000 ⓘ
operator Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities ⓘ
originalBuilder U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
owner State of Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Alaska
partOf Alaska Railroad main line to Whittier ⓘ
linked to: Alaska Railroad

access route to Prince William Sound ⓘ
passesThrough Maynard Mountain ⓘ
providesRoadAccessTo Whittier, Alaska ⓘ
railTracks single track ⓘ
roadLanes single lane ⓘ
wasUpgradedFor combined rail–road use ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portage Glacier → hasNearbyFeature → Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel ⓘ
Port of Whittier → connectedBy → Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel ⓘ
Whittier, Alaska → connectedBy → Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel ⓘ
subject linked to: Whittier
Portage Glacier Highway → connectsTo → Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel ⓘ
Whittier, Alaska → connectedBy → Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel ⓘ