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West Portal of Highway Tunnel (1930)

This rock-faced tunnel, about one tenth of a mile in length, is located 1.2 miles east of a larger mile-long tunnel. Together they provide access from the east and significantly shorten the distance traveled on the 'Loop Tour'.

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Photograph by Clayton B. Fraser, 1984, National Park Service, Historic American Engineering Record. [Library of Congress reproduction number: HAER, UTAH,27-SPDA.V,3-;DLC/PP-96:UT-5;DLC/PP-99:UT-1 (HAER UT-39-8)]



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