page_title: Laurel Hill Tunnel
hierarchical_section_title: Laurel Hill Tunnel
caption_attribution_description: The Laurel Hill Tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Taken by an employee of the Office of War Information.
context_page_description: Laurel Hill Tunnel is one of three original tunnels on the Pennsylvania Turnpike which were abandoned after two massive realignment projects.
  The Laurel Hill Tunnel was bored under the border between Westmoreland and Somerset counties. The others, located further east, were the Sideling Hill and Rays Hill Tunnels. All of the original tunnels except Allegheny Mountain were part of the never-completed South Pennsylvania Railroad system.
  Laurel Hill Tunnel is 4,541 feet long. Its western portal is marginally visible from the current eastbound turnpike roadway at milepost 99.3.
context_section_description: Laurel Hill Tunnel is one of three original tunnels on the Pennsylvania Turnpike which were abandoned (this one in 1964) after two massive realignment projects.
  The Laurel Hill Tunnel was bored under the border between Westmoreland and Somerset counties. The others, located further east, were the Sideling Hill (Fulton County) and Rays Hill Tunnels (under the border of Fulton and Bedford counties). All of the original tunnels except Allegheny Mountain were part of the never-completed South Pennsylvania Railroad system.
  Laurel Hill Tunnel is 4,541 feet (1,384 m) long. Its western portal is marginally visible from the current eastbound turnpike roadway at milepost 99.3.
caption: Laurel Hill Tunnel in 1942
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