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Tom Lantos Tunnels

Index Tom Lantos Tunnels

The Tom Lantos Tunnels are two tunnels located within the coastal promontory of Devil's Slide in California, United States, allowing State Route 1 to bypass the treacherous Devil's Slide stretch. [1]

28 relations: Alcoholic drink, Burlingame, California, California, California Department of Transportation, California State Route 1, Controlled-access highway, De facto, Devil's Slide (California), Environmental impact statement, Federal Highway Administration, Landslide, Martini Creek, McNee Ranch State Park, Montara Mountain, Ocean Shore Railroad, Pacifica, California, Passing lane, Prohibition, Promontory, Right of way, Roadway noise, Rum-running, Rural area, San Mateo County, California, Sierra Club, Tom Lantos, Tunnel, Wawona Tunnel.

Alcoholic drink

An alcoholic drink (or alcoholic beverage) is a drink that contains ethanol, a type of alcohol produced by fermentation of grains, fruits, or other sources of sugar.

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Burlingame, California

Burlingame is a city in San Mateo County, California.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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California Department of Transportation

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is an executive department of the US state of California.

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California State Route 1

State Route 1 (SR 1) is a major north–south state highway that runs along most of the Pacific coastline of the U.S. state of California.

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Controlled-access highway

A controlled-access highway is a type of highway which has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow and ingress/egress regulated.

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De facto

In law and government, de facto (or;, "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, even if not legally recognised by official laws.

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Devil's Slide (California)

Devil's Slide is a coastal promontory in California, United States.

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Environmental impact statement

An environmental impact statement (EIS), under United States environmental law, is a document required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for certain actions "significantly affecting the quality of the human environment".

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Federal Highway Administration

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation.

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Landslide

The term landslide or, less frequently, landslip, refers to several forms of mass wasting that include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated slope failures, mudflows and debris flows.

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Martini Creek

Martini Creek is a coastal stream whose watershed lies entirely within San Mateo County, California, United States on the western exposures of the Montara mountain block, discharging to the Pacific Ocean.

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McNee Ranch State Park

McNee Ranch State Park is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains of the United States, near the unincorporated community of Montara, California in San Mateo County.

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Montara Mountain

Montara Mountain, positioned between the unincorporated community of Montara, California to the southwest and the city of Pacifica, California to the north, forms the northern spur of the Santa Cruz Mountains, a narrow mountain range running the length of the San Francisco Peninsula that separates San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean.

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Ocean Shore Railroad

The Ocean Shore Railroad was a railroad built between San Francisco and Tunitas Glen, and Swanton and Santa Cruz that operated along the Pacific coastline from 1905 until 1920.

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Pacifica, California

Pacifica is a city in San Mateo County, California, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean between San Francisco and Half Moon Bay.

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Passing lane

A passing lane (North American English) or overtaking lane (English) is the lane on a multi-lane highway or motorway closest to the median of the road (the central reservation).

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Prohibition

Prohibition is the illegality of the manufacturing, storage in barrels or bottles, transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcohol including alcoholic beverages, or a period of time during which such illegality was enforced.

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Promontory

A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula).

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Right of way

Right of way is a term used to describe "the legal right, established by usage or grant, to pass along a specific route through grounds or property belonging to another", or "a path or thoroughfare subject to such a right".

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Roadway noise

Roadway noise is the collective sound energy emanating from motor vehicles.

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Rum-running

Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of transporting (smuggling) alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law.

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Rural area

In general, a rural area or countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities.

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San Mateo County, California

San Mateo County (Spanish for "Saint Matthew") is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is an environmental organization in the United States.

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Tom Lantos

Thomas Peter Lantos (born Tamás Péter Lantos; February 1, 1928 – February 11, 2008) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from California, serving from 1981 until his death as the representative from a district that included the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and a portion of southwestern San Francisco.

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Tunnel

A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through the surrounding soil/earth/rock and enclosed except for entrance and exit, commonly at each end.

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Wawona Tunnel

The Wawona Tunnel is a highway tunnel in Yosemite National Park.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lantos_Tunnels

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