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patgundDaylight at tunnel’s end - Oneonta Tunnel to reopen as part of Historic Highway restoration
"Last week daylight beamed through the Oneonta Tunnel for the first time since 1948.
The tunnel, just east of Multnomah Falls, was built in 1913 as part of the Columbia River Highway. Plugged with rubble in 1948 when it became too narrow for modern-day traffic, the tunnel and the bridge leading up to it – called “the bridge to nowhere” – are being reclaimed as part of the restoration of the Historic Columbia River Highway.
When the $1 million project is done next June, visitors to the popular Oneonta Gorge will park in a new area east of the site, enjoy a walk through the timbered tunnel and enter a plaza at the mouth of Oneonta Creek Gorge much like the one that Sam Lancaster designed when he created the scenic roadway."
"Last week daylight beamed through the Oneonta Tunnel for the first time since 1948.
The tunnel, just east of Multnomah Falls, was built in 1913 as part of the Columbia River Highway. Plugged with rubble in 1948 when it became too narrow for modern-day traffic, the tunnel and the bridge leading up to it – called “the bridge to nowhere” – are being reclaimed as part of the restoration of the Historic Columbia River Highway.
When the $1 million project is done next June, visitors to the popular Oneonta Gorge will park in a new area east of the site, enjoy a walk through the timbered tunnel and enter a plaza at the mouth of Oneonta Creek Gorge much like the one that Sam Lancaster designed when he created the scenic roadway."
