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Brushy Mountain Tunnel
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N 33° 58.389 W 084° 57.792
16S E 688168 N 3761048
Brushy Mountain Tunnel, a 800 foot long, 5 story high train tunnel.
Waymark Code:
WMC1W
Location:
Georgia, United States
Date Posted:
05/06/2006
Published By:
rescue557
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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
Terrain:
The "Other End":
Not Listed
Website:
Not listed
Date Built:
Not listed
Date Abandoned:
Not listed
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