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Fort Mason Tunnel

Fort Mason Tunnel

Former rail tunnel in San Francisco

Fort Mason Tunnel is an abandoned single-track railway tunnel in San Francisco which runs under a small hill upon which sits a portion of the old Fort Mason. The tunnel was constructed in 1913 and opened to rail traffic in 1914.[1] The east portal is near the north end of Van Ness Avenue; the west portal feeds onto Marina Boulevard at Laguna Street.

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History

The tunnel's construction served several purposes. The rail link supplied goods and mass transit to the Panama Pacific International Exposition the following year; the U.S. Army utilized the line for construction of the port of embarkation at Fort Mason.[2] The tunnel operated as part of the State Belt Railroad until the route's suspension in 1993. A portion of the movie Dirty Harry was filmed on either side of the tunnel in 1971.[3]

Future

Fort Mason extension
Legend
 Fort Mason
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Fort Mason Tunnel
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 Van Ness
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Powell–Hyde
 Hyde and Beach
proposed
 Jones and Beach
E Embarcadero F Market & Wharves

In 2012, the National Park Service released a final environmental impact report on providing extended service through the tunnel to the San Francisco Municipal Railway F Market & Wharves line.[4] The cost of refurbishment and extension of the rail line was estimated at $60 million in 2017.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    4th Biennial Report of the Department of Engineering of the State of California, pp. 41-42
  2. [2]
    "The San Francisco Port of Embarkation". NPS.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Film Locations for Dirty Harry (1971), around San Francisco".
  4. [4]
    "Extension of F-Line Streetcar Service to Fort Mason Center" (PDF). NPS.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  5. [5]
    Chappell, Jim (June 28, 2016). "Bring streetcars to Fort Mason". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved June 4, 2017.


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