Cincinnati Subway Tunnel Map
1914 edwards baldwin map of proposed cincinnati subway.
Cincinnati subway tunnel map. Construction stopped in 1925 due to lack of funds and never continued. Construction began in 1920 and failed to finish more than two miles of tunnel before being scrapped 25 years later after the end of world war two. Enable javascript to see google maps. The main subway tunnel runs under central parkway for two miles between walnut st.
The project was conceived in 1916 and would ultimately be stopped short after completing a total of 6 miles of infrastructure and 22 miles of underground tunnels. And an anonymous spot north of the western hills viaduct. As of 2016tours of the cincinnati subway tunnel are no longer permitted by the city of cincinnati due to a risk assessment performed in the spring of 2015. Transportation planners are looking closely at the two mile tunnel as partof a larger study of transportation needs in the interstate 75 corridor between cincinnati anddayton.
Many of its inhabitants have no idea that the tunnels exist beneath their feet. An abandoned 80 year old subway tunnel beneath centralparkway could be reborn as part of a cincinnati to hamilton light rail line. Cincinnati museum center no longer conducts tours of the 2 miles of tunnels and four stations due to safety concerns. The cincinnati subway is a set of incomplete derelict tunnels and stations for a rapid transit system beneath the streets of cincinnati ohioalthough it is only a little over 2 miles in length it is the largest abandoned subway tunnel system in the united statesconstruction began in the early 1900s as an upgrade to the cincinnati streetcar system but was abandoned due to escalating costs.
The abandoned cincinnati subway is perhaps the citys most captivating underground area because of its sheer enormity and restricted access to the public. The cincinnati subway was a planned mass transit system in cincinnati ohio usa however the project was never completed and today the tunnels lie abandoned underneath the city. Cincinnati was founded by mathias denman colonel robert patterson and israel ludlow in 1788 first called losantiville and changed to. In addition to underground tunnels cincinnati has an abandoned subway system that was part of an ambitious transit project that started in 1920.
When you have eliminated the javascript whatever remains must be an empty page. Proposed transit loop and stations. View on google maps.