Borden Tunnel

allegheny | Frostburg, MD Mile 17.7

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Borden Tunnel

Climbing up toward the state line on the trail, you’ll encounter the 957-foot Borden Tunnel. The Western Maryland Railroad built this tunnel as part of its Connellsville subdivision in 1911.

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“The Passage is linear; the story of its building is not.” – Linda McKenna Boxx, June 2020.