Eisenhower–Johnson Memorial Tunnel

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The Eisenhower–Johnson Memorial Tunnel is a high-altitude vehicular tunnel through the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, carrying Interstate 70 beneath the Continental Divide.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf highway tunnel
road tunnel
vehicular tunnel
carries Interstate 70
connects Clear Creek County, Colorado
Summit County, Colorado
constructionStartDate 1968
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses under Loveland Pass region
elevationAboveSeaLevel over 11,000 feet
hasPart Eisenhower Memorial Bore
Johnson Memorial Bore
hasRouteNumber Interstate 70
surface form: I-70
hasSafetyFeature emergency exits
fire detection system
ventilation system
hasSignificance major transportation link between eastern and western Colorado
one of the highest vehicular tunnels in the world
hasTrafficType motor vehicles
isOn Continental Divide
isPartOf primary east–west route across Colorado
locatedEastOf Silverthorne, Colorado
locatedIn Colorado
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedInMountainRange Rocky Mountains
locatedOn Interstate 70
locatedWestOf Denver, Colorado
maintainedBy Colorado Department of Transportation
namedAfter Dwight D. Eisenhower
Edwin C. Johnson NERFINISHED
near Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
Loveland Ski Area
numberOfBores 2
numberOfLanes 4
openedToTraffic Eisenhower Bore in 1973
Johnson Bore in 1979
openingDate 1973
1979
operator Colorado Department of Transportation
partOf I-70 corridor
Interstate Highway System
passesUnder Continental Divide
surface form: Continental Divide of the Americas
replacedOrBypassed Loveland Pass on U.S. Route 6
state Colorado
subjectTo winter weather conditions
toll no
usedFor year-round trans-Continental Divide travel

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Interstate 70 notableStructure Eisenhower–Johnson Memorial Tunnel
Summit County, Colorado contains Eisenhower–Johnson Memorial Tunnel
this entity surface form: Eisenhower Tunnel