America's Longest Highway Tunnel (2025)

No road tunnel in the US appears to crack even the top 400: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_road_tunnels

Isn't Whittier (the town that the tunnel leads to) also interesting in its own right? IIRC, the entire town is in one big building; and in winter everyone is basically shut in. There's a school inside, grocery store, post office, police, fire, etc. etc. Going from memory here.

When I read 2.5 miles I thought that's... not very long? I'm sure I've driven through much longer tunnels in Norway. Turns out I have: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A6rdal_Tunnel I had no idea it's the longest road tunnel in the world though, that's pretty baller.

The article is worth reading if you aren't familiar (I wasn't).

It's the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel in Whittier, Alaska. It was built during WWII and opened up Anchorage to overland travel. It seems almost primitive compared to interstate hwy tunnels.

Brought me back to my childhood and reminded me of this tunnel-hold-breath bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTqjq5sWkpQ