Brushy Mountain Tunnel
N 33° 58.389 W 084° 57.792
16S E 688168 N 3761048
Quick Description: Brushy Mountain Tunnel, a 800 foot long, 5 story high train tunnel.
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 5/6/2006 1:26:41 PM
Waymark Code: WMC1W
Published By: Groundspeak Regular Member rescue557
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Long Description:
BRUSHY MOUNTAIN TUNNEL


EAST ENTRANCE


WEST ENTRANCE


Brushy Mountain Tunnel
N 33° 58.389 W 084° 57.792


Now part of the Silver Comet Trail bike path, located in the Rockmart area. An 800-ft. concrete-lined tunnel through Brushy Mountain built by Seaboard Air Line Railway in the early 1900s. It was abandoned by the railroad in 1988.It now serves the Silver Comet Trail, a 38-mile rail-trail on the Seaboard's abandoned right-of-way.(Off U.S. 278 at Paulding/Polk County line).
Most of this section is through the Paulding Wildlife Management Area (WMA), a national-park like wooded area. At mile 27.46 you’ll pass the massive Castle Rock. Then, at mile 30.79 you’ll pass through Brushy Mountain Tunnel, a 800 foot long, 5 story high train tunnel
Construction: Concrete

Condition: Good

Rail Status: No

Current status: Recreation Path

Original Use: Freight

Tunnel Length: 800.00

Suggested Parking Area: N 33° 58.616 W 085° 00.245

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The "Other End": Not Listed

Website: Not listed

Date Built: Not listed

Date Abandoned: Not listed
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