Let's play "name that spot"

[1995hoo]

On the right track, but not Juneau.

[agentsteel53]

in the tropical photo, there is a triangle sign on the left side, implying left-hand drive, and European traffic standards.  British Virgin Islands?  or, hell, US Virgin Islands would be the more interesting choice, as it is the only place in the United States with left-hand traffic. (dunno what MUTCD they use, though.)

[agentsteel53]

On the right track, but not Juneau.

I'm quite sure it's not Hyder, as I had been there and do not remember a tunnel.  Sitka?  that's just a wild guess; I do not know where such a tunnel would be.

[allniter89]

I wonder if the houses buillt directly  above the tunnel were built b4 or after the tunnel was dug 

[Brandon]

1995hoo: Juneau, Alaska?
Brandon: British Virgin Islands or the Cayman Islands (both British territories to this day)?

On the west end of Grand Cayman, by the Turtle Farm and Dolphin Discovery, to be exact.

[1995hoo]

On the right track, but not Juneau.

I'm quite sure it's not Hyder, as I had been there and do not remember a tunnel.  Sitka?  that's just a wild guess; I do not know where such a tunnel would be.

I haven't been to Hyder. Been to Sitka, but that's not it. You're still on the right track, though.

I wonder if the houses buillt directly  above the tunnel were built b4 or after the tunnel was dug 

I also thought the building at the bottom of the cliff (not very visible in the picture) was interesting because it almost had to have been built after the tunnel, as the tunnel would limit how far back you could excavate.

[Scott5114]

Skagway?

[1995hoo]

Skagway?

Right state. Wrong city.

[ftballfan]

Ketchikan?

[1995hoo]

Ketchikan?

You are correct. Here is a Google Maps link showing the spot; I centered the map at roughly the spot where I took the picture. That large hill sits just north of downtown Ketchikan and Water Street goes one-way through the tunnel going northwest and one-way around the hill going southeast. After I saw the query yesterday about which came first, the houses or the tunnel, I did a Google search for "Ketchikan tunnel" and I learned that apparently the houses on top of the hill came first and that for years people simply used stairs to walk past that point. It seems the southbound road (the part that doesn't go through the tunnel) is actually built out over the water. When the tunnel was built, the people living in those houses had to move to temporary residences until the engineers could be certain their houses wouldn't collapse due to the construction.

Here is a view looking the other way from downtown. I didn't use this one as the original "name that spot" image for two reasons–(1) I think the other one showing the road splitting with the one-way tunnel was more unique and (2) I thought this picture might make it too easy to figure out where it is due to the name of the street and the store with the "Inside Passage" sign. In this view you can really see the houses built on top of where the tunnel is, though.

[NE2]

(2) I thought this picture might make it too easy to figure out where it is due to the name of the street and the store with the "Inside Passage" sign.

Once you know it's in Alaska it's easy anyway http://www.google.com/search?q=alaska%20tunnel&tbm=isch

[agentsteel53]

I totally could not make out the name of the store.  too much of an angle.

[1995hoo]

(2) I thought this picture might make it too easy to figure out where it is due to the name of the street and the store with the "Inside Passage" sign.

Once you know it's in Alaska it's easy anyway http://www.google.com/search?q=alaska%20tunnel&tbm=isch

Which is kinda why I was a little surprised it took as long as it did for someone to get it. I kind of figured forum member Oscar has probably been there and would guess correctly if he looks at this thread. I know forum member Jim has been through there on the Marine Highway, but I don't think he made it to the tunnel before he had to get back on board the ferry.

I totally could not make out the name of the store.  too much of an angle.

It's funny, in the original reduced-size image I uploaded I find it hard to tell that the license plates are yellow, although when I load the larger original on my PC it's clear. The original image is 3504 x 2336 and obviously I scale them down for uploading. Another forum I visit restricts images to 800 x 600, so I generally format uploads to be no larger than that simply to avoid having to think about the issue.

[Brandon]

Here's another one:

[agentsteel53]

no idea, but my guess is Louisiana.

[v35322]

My first thought was the Glover Cary bridge in Owensboro, KY, but I don't think it has Jersey barriers on the sides.

[Ace10]

I'm thinking Louisiana, too. This looks very similar to the bridge on US 90 at the MS-LA state line crossing over the Pearl River - except I know it's not the same bridge. Everything else looks about the same, though.

[hbelkins]

My first thought was the Glover Cary bridge in Owensboro, KY, but I don't think it has Jersey barriers on the sides.

Not that much greenery, either. A city on the Kentucky side and flat fields on the Indiana side.

[pianocello]

Definitely the US-52 bridge between Savanna, IL and Sabula, IA

[Brandon]

Definitely the US-52 bridge between Savanna, IL and Sabula, IA

Damnit, that didn't stump as long as I hoped.  But, yes, it is the Savanna-Sabula Bridge.

[v35322]

Here's one.



I edited the sign a little bit ... can't make it too easy. If you want the unedited version let me know.

[NE2]

If you want the unedited version change the URL.

Fixed for you.

[Lightning Strike]

That definitely looks like somewhere in the Midwest...I've been storm chasing out there the past two years. I want to say it looks an awful like Goodland KS....I can't read the town population sign in the photo 

[corco]

I-70 and US-281, Russell Kansas

This one shouldn't be too hard if you think about it-

[Duke87]

US 26 and 287 in Wyoming?