Claim: The Blue Ridge Tunnel which opened in 1858, is located in Augusta/Nelson counties, near Rockfish Gap, a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains between Charlottesville and Waynesboro, Virginia, United States.
Evidence: Blue Ridge Tunnel Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) Mountain Subdivision – previously C&O Railroad and Blue Ridge Railroad Augusta / Nelson counties, near Rockfish Gap, Virginia 1858 (1858) Rockfish Gap is a wind gap located in the Blue Ridge Mountains between Charlottesville and Waynesboro, Virginia, United States, through Afton Mountain, which is frequently used to refer to the gap.