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Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel on US 6 west of Golden
- Location
- Jefferson County, Colorado
- Status
- Open to two-lane traffic
- History
- Built 1957
- Design
- Tunnel
- Dimensions
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Total length: 768.8 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.75833, -105.32833 (decimal degrees)
39°45'30" N, 105°19'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 13/471875/4400986 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Ralston Buttes
- Inventory number
- BH 11916 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 11,800