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The Gunnison Tunnel is an irrigation tunnel constructed between 1905 and 1909 [2] by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Montrose County, Colorado. [3] The 5.8-mile-long (9.3 km) tunnel diverts water from the Gunnison River to the arid Uncompahgre Valley around Montrose, Colorado .
Gore Canyon, elevation 6,985 feet (2,129 m), [1] is a short isolated canyon on the upper Colorado River in southwestern Grand County, Colorado in the United States. Steep and rugged, the approximately 3-mile-long (4.8 km) gorge was carved by the river as it passed the northern end of the Gore Range southwest of Kremmling. The Colorado descends ...
Mitchell Point Tunnel: Columbia River Gorge west of Hood River: automobile, 2 lane: 385: 1915: closed in 1954, demolished in 1966, part of Historic Columbia River Highway: Mosier Twin Tunnels: Columbia River Gorge east of Mosier (near The Dalles) automobile, 2 lane: 350 (combined) 1921: part of Historic Columbia River Highway: Oneonta Tunnel
This category contains canyons and gorges in the U.S. state of Arizona. ... (Colorado River) C. ... Virgin River Gorge; W.
The Red River Gorge is also a world-renowned rock climbing destination. A 2021 study estimated that climbers spend nearly $8.7 million annually in the five counties around the gorge.
The Tunnel Drive Trail is an out-and-back hiking trail located in Cañon City, Colorado. The trail parallels and overlooks the Arkansas River and the Royal Gorge Route Railroad. [3] Popular with locals, the trail starts just inside the Cañon City city limits and then, crossing out of the city, it goes on State of Colorado and BLM land. [4]
The tunnels could not be kept closed as more rain fell in the Colorado River Basin and the reservoir continued to rise. Reclamation reopened the left spillway, allowing 12,000 cubic feet (340 m 3 ) per second; the right, which had suffered worse damage, was only permitted to carry 4,000 cubic feet (110 m 3 ) per second.
The Queen Creek Tunnel is a 1,217-foot-long (371 m) tunnel on US 60 in the Superstition Mountains, just east of Superior, Arizona. [2] Completed in 1952, the Queen Creek Tunnel links Phoenix with Safford by way of Superior and Globe/Miami. It replaced the smaller Claypool Tunnel that had been built in 1926.