Inside rays hill tunnel

[polarus]

A few shots from inside the Rays Hill Tunnel, not much left. The big green cylinders are the air exchangers, the round pod is the base for a lighting fixture in the ceiling, you're looking down at the roadway.

 

[polara71]

They allow people to go through those?

 

[polarus]

If your caught you'll be cited for trespassing, I doubt I'll ever get back there so I had to see what is was like.

 

[polara71]

And you knew of these how

 

[polarus]

I heard about them from my cousin, years back they did a story on the tunnel used for testing race cars. I went online to find out any information I could find on this place. Some great video on you tube including one from 1953 showing most if not all of the tunnels.

 

[polara71]

I remember seeing a nice documentary on the PA turnpike , I dont recall these tunnels or them moving the roadway. I guess thats something they dont want people to know

 

[polarus]

67monaco has some interesting links on my other thread.

 

[tbm3fan]

They allow people to go through those?

Apparently if no one official is around. Reminds me of a big pre-formed concrete bridge along US 8 east of San Diego. Coming back from the mountains one day we made a stop alongside and noticed people under the bridge. A metal door entrance was open and one could haul one self up, like getting into the belly of a B-17, enter the bridge and walk all the way across inside the bridge.

 

[commando1]

I'd hate to come upon some unsavory characters half way across while inside that thing...

 

[1978 NYB]

Very cool!

 

[tbm3fan]

I'd hate to come upon some unsavory characters half way across while inside that thing...

Yes, something like these three. Meth heads find a gun in a lock box but in an unlocked car. Anybody with any brains knows that car break ins are huge in San Francisco. They then kill a young Canadian woman in Golden Gate Park and then move on to the Marin hills where they kill this guy and shoot his dog twice. The dog lived. I would like to see the three thrown to a pack of dogs for remediation.

http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Cops-Gun-linked-to-Marin-trail-killing-recovered-6559002.php