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Eisenhower Tunnel

Eisenhower Tunnel
Eisenhower Tunnel
CaptionEisenhower Tunnel
NameEisenhower � Johnson Memorial Tunnel
RouteInterstate 70
CrossesContinental Divide
LocationApprox. 60 mi (96.6 km) west of Denver, Colorado
OperatorColorado Department of Transportation
CharacterTwin-bore tunnel
Length1.693 mi (2.7 km) westbound
1.697 mi (2.7 km) eastbound
Width40 ft (12.2 m) each
Height13.92 ft (4.2 m)
Vpd32,260 vehicles (2007)
Open1973 (westbound)
1979 (eastbound)
Coordinates 
Grade1.64%
Lowelevation11013 ft (3356.8 m)
Hielevation11158 ft (3401 m)

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The Eisenhower Tunnel, officially the Eisenhower � Johnson Memorial Tunnel, is a dual-bore, four-lane vehicular tunnel approximately 60 mi (96.6 km) west of Denver, Colorado, United States. The tunnel carries Interstate 70 under the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains. With a maximum elevation of 11158 ft (3401 m) above sea level, it is one of the highest vehicular tunnels in the world. The tunnel is the longest mountain tunnel and highest point on the Interstate Highway system. Completed in 1979, it was one of the last major pieces of the Interstate Highway system to be completed. The westbound bore is named after Dwight D. Eisenhower, the U.S. President for whom the Interstate system is also named. The eastbound bore is named for Edwin C. Johnson, a governor and U.S. Senator who lobbied for an Interstate Highway to be built across Colorado.

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The Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel is located approximately sixty miles west of Denver, Colorado on Interstate 70. It is the highest vehicular tunnel in the world, located at an elevation of 11013 feet at the East Portal and 11158 feet at the West Portal. The Tunnel traverses through the Continental Divide at an average elevation of 11112 feet. We are traveling westbound. PS: Thank you YouTube for this cool music from Musicshake.
4.63 min. | 4.70 user rating		 Colorado's Eisenhower Tunnel I70
2.10 min. | 0 user rating		 Driving through the Eisenhower/Johnson Tunnel on i-70 near Denver, Colorado
2.23 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Watch in YouTube HQ Mode. Time lapse drive on I-70 west from Denver to Frisco, Colorado. HQ re-edit and reload of one of my older videos. Denver Wheat Ridge El Rancho Idaho Springs Dumont Georgetown Bakerville Eisenhower Tunnel Dillon Frisco Interstate 70 I-70
4.27 min. | 4.64 user rating		 Video taken while travelling on Interstate freeway I-70 through the West bound Eisenhower Tunnel while travelling to Utah and Eastbound through the Johnson Tunnel when returning from Utah. The Johnson Tunnel is 1.697 miles long and the Eisenhower tunnel is 1.693 miles long, both of which pass through the United States Continental divide up at around 11112 feet above sea level high up in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. This video was taken with a Sony DSC-H2 digital still camera in MPEG movie mode. I had the light exposure level a bit on the low side on the camera and I apologize for that and have attempted to correct it as best as I could. My e-mail address is ki7f@yahoo.com and my home web page is www.ki7f.com (Still under construction) and I have hundreds of photos posted at community.webshots.com and my MySpace page is at www.myspace.com
6.97 min. | 4.62 user rating
The Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel is located approximately sixty miles west of Denver, Colorado on Interstate 70. It is the highest vehicular tunnel in the world, located at an elevation of 11013 feet at the East Portal and 11158 feet at the West Portal. The Tunnel traverses through the Continental Divide at an average elevation of 11112 feet. The facility lies entirely within the Arapaho National Forest and is divided by two counties, Clear Creek County at the East portal and Summit county at the West portal. The Tunnel and the Continental Divide also separate two watersheds, the Clear Creek Watershed located on the east side and the Straight Creek Watershed located on the west side. Annual snow fall in the area averages 315 inches (26 feet) for the months of November through April. The Tunnel was originally designed as a twin bore tunnel. Construction on the westbound bore (North Tunnel) began March 15, 1968 and was completed five years later on March 8, 1973. This bore was originally called the Straight Creek Tunnel, and later was officially named the Eisenhower Memorial Bore. Construction on the second bore began August 18, 1975 and was completed four years later on December 21, 1979. This eastbound bore was named after Edwin C. Johnson, a past Governor and US Senator who had actively supported an interstate highway system across Colorado. Centerline to centerline, the two tunnels are approximately 115 feet apart at the east ventilation building entrance, 120 feet apart <b>...</b>
0.48 min. | 5.0 user rating		 The Eisenhower Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel located at 39°40â²44â³N 105°55â²12â³W / 39.679°N 105.92°W / 39.679; -105.92 on Interstate 70 approximately 60 miles (97 km) west of Denver, Colorado. The tunnel was built under the Continental Divide, and at a maximum elevation of 11158 feet (3401 m) Above sea level, it is one of the highest vehicular tunnels in the world. It is also the longest tunnel built under the Interstate highway program and one of the last major pieces of the system to be completed. Its full official name is the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel (EJMT); the westbound bore is named after US President Dwight D. Eisenhower (for whom the Interstate system is also named), the eastbound bore after Edwin C. Johnson, a former governor and US Senator from Colorado. The tunnel is a two-bore tunnel with each bore approximately 1.7 miles (2.7 km) long. Construction of the westbound bore was started on March 15, 1968, and finished five years later on March 8, 1973. The eastbound bore was started on August 18, 1975, and completed over four years later on December 21, 1979. From 1973-79 the westbound bore carried a single lane of traffic in each direction. The total construction cost of the project was $108 million. In 2002, over ten million vehicles passed through the tunnel, many of them driving between the Denver area and popular skiing locations west of the Continental Divide. The eastern end of the tunnel is under and surrounded by the Loveland ski area. Trucks <b>...</b>
2.28 min. | 4.83 user rating		 This is the 1st part of our third videotaped trip and is # 14 Overall. It was the first trip of the summer, and we were left Ontario California headed for Chicago. This video starts as we wre climbing the steep I-70 Mountain Grade up to Eisenhower Tunnel through the tunnel. There was so much to film, it will be in several more segments.
9.00 min. | 4.88 user rating		 This particular video is of the Eisenhower tunnel heading west to Glenwood Springs. I have another video where I'm east bound, for Denver, going through the Johnson portion of the paired tunnels... As a teenager my family moved to Colorado in 1972 - well before the first tunnel, officially known as the "Eisenhower Memorial Bore" was completed in 1973. The Eisenhower Tunnel, as us locals call it, was a HUGE time saver in that we didn't have to go over Loveland Pass anymore for skiing or travels out west. Since then, I've transited both tunnels (the east bound Edwin C. Johnson tunnel was completed in 1979) a few hundred times for skiing, climbing, vacations, and business trips to Glenwood Springs and other points west. So, for the 35 years I've been using the tunnels I've been taking 'em for granted until now. Now, of course, gasoline is at about $2.60 per gallon and promising to go higher as oil continues at over $71 a barrel. So I don't think I'll be driving through this tunnel as much as in the past and thought these video might make for some nice tunnel memories... Here are some quick facts: The tunnels are at an average elevation of 11112 feet (3387 metres) with a length of 1.6 miles (2.6 km). Total construction cost, at the time, was $108 million. In 2002 over ten million vehicles traveled through the tunnel! Here's my personal web page about my home and the state I love most, Colorado! www.rogerwendell.com 08-08-2009
0.45 min. | 5.0 user rating		 bundangbear and johnswackyworld go under the famous tunnel of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Locks in Massena, NY. Note the tunnel actually goes UNDER the shipping traffic of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Check out John here: www.youtube.com
2.05 min. | 5.0 user rating

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Free ski buses to mountain resorts? Ace King thinks it's an idea whose time ... - Westword (blog) Tweet this news
Westword (blog)--But King, a 49-year-old technical writer, believes he's figured out a way to boost bus ridership dramatically -- enough to have a genuine impact on the winter weekend crunch that crawls from Idaho Springs to the -Eisenhower Tunnel- a - Date : Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:31:20 GMT+00:00
One big happy running family - Abilene Recorder Chronicle Tweet this news
Abilene Recorder Chronicle--“At the end you wind up in the Notre Dame stadium. As you come through this -tunnel- they play the fight song. It just sweeps over you.” Having competed in so many events, the Hendricks said the -Eisenhower- Marathon is spe - Date : Sat, 09 Apr 2011 12:07:35 GMT+00:00
Skier killed in avalanche outside of Snowmass ski area - RealVail Tweet this news
RealVail--In December, two skiers were caught, with one of them partially buried, and the other buried and killed in Dry Gulch, east of the -Eisenhower Tunnel-. � A ski patroller was caught, buried and killed in a slide in Wolf Creek in November. ... - Date : Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:35:19 GMT+00:00
Denver and metro area could see snow during pm commute - Denver Post Tweet this news
Denver Post--This afternoon, Interstate 70 westbound was closed for less than an hour to clear debris from an earlier traffic accident near the -Eisenhower Tunnel-. Westbound traffic was routed over Loveland Pass as crews cleared the highway of wreckage. - Date : Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:26:35 GMT+00:00
THE SPECTATOR: Students brave ski traffic - my.hsj.org Tweet this news
my.hsj.org--“It took us an hour to get to Dillon and 2 1/2 hours to get from Dillon to the -Eisenhower tunnel-. It was awful.” said Lily. It is evident that the traffic is becoming a huge hassle to skiers and snowboarders. LHS freshman Lindsay Meehan - Date : Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:43:50 GMT+00:00
Truck loses brakes, backs up Colo. ski traffic - Victoria Advocate Tweet this news
Victoria Advocate--A trucker heading down the steep hill on the west side of the -Eisenhower Tunnel- along Interstate 70 lost her brakes Sunday. The Colorado State Patrol said the truck sideswiped a Chevrolet Trailblazer, injuring three people. One was se - Date : Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:19:12 GMT+00:00
Colorado: New master plan for Eldora Ski Area - Summit County Citizens Voice Tweet this news
Summit County Citizens Voice--In the mid-1980s, Eldora struggled to compete with the I-70 corridor resorts after the opening of the -Eisenhower Tunnel-. The resort did not operate during the 1986-1987 season due to ownership issues. Former Copper Mountain - Date : Sat, 05 Mar 2011 07:12:18 GMT+00:00
Big day for tunnel traffic - Summit Daily News Tweet this news
Summit Daily News--Eastbound traffic through the -Eisenhower Tunnel- on President's Day, jammed with skiers and families returning from a long weekend, has topped 25000 vehicles the past two years. Above-average snow conditions at Colorado resorts th - Date : Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:51:44 GMT+00:00
Today's Colorado ski and snow report: Four days of snow - Examiner.com Tweet this news
Examiner.com--I-70 was a cold, icy, blizzardy spot last night and was closed at Glenwood Springs and the -Eisenhower Tunnel- for awhile because of accidents and extremely ... - Date : Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:21:07 GMT+00:00
Tiger Tracker: Stacy (Martin) Moore - Summit Daily News Tweet this news
Summit Daily News--Her mother Debbie is a preschool teacher and her father is an office operations manager at the -Eisenhower tunnel-. While in school, Moore was president of ... - Date : Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:07:56 GMT+00:00



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