Claim: The Armstrong Tunnel's chief engineer was Vernon R. Covell, an American Engineer with a number of works in the National Register of Historic Places.
Evidence: The Armstrong Tunnel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, connects Second Avenue at the South Tenth Street Bridge, under the Bluff where Duquesne University is located, to Forbes Avenue between Boyd Street and Chatham Square. The chief engineer was Vernon R. Covell of the Allegheny County Public Works Department. Vernon R. Covell was an American engineer. A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.