{"id":28094,"date":"2020-05-07T22:17:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T02:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=28094"},"modified":"2020-05-07T22:17:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T02:17:37","slug":"otd-wilkes-street-tunnel-opened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2020\/05\/otd-wilkes-street-tunnel-opened\/","title":{"rendered":"OTD: Wilkes Street Tunnel opened"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 7, 1851, the Orange and Alexandria Railroad opened the Wilkes Street Tunnel. <br><br>@dcbikehistory posted an extensive history of the tunnel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On this day in 1851 &#8211; The Wilkes Street tunnel opened. It wasn&#39;t completed until 1856, but service started on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, linking the waterfront wharves of Alexandria to Orange, Virginia. The tunnel is one of only 2 remaining pieces of the RR in Alexandria <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5IcuYxD7Kv\">pic.twitter.com\/5IcuYxD7Kv<\/a><\/p>&mdash; DC Bike History (@DCBikeHistory1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DCBikeHistory1\/status\/1258410224651829248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I regularly cycle through the tunnel. Sometimes, I don&#8217;t even see a photo shoot occurring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More reading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dcbikeblogger.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/03\/the-wilkes-street-tunnel\/\"><strong>The Wilkes Street&nbsp;Tunnel<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; THE DC BIKE BLOGGER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d9052.447580707796!2d-77.04919601821109!3d38.80013809963529!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x906dcff5fd87483a!2sWilkes%20Tunnel!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1588901921894!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" width=\"1000\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 7, 1851, the Orange and Alexandria Railroad opened the Wilkes Street Tunnel. @dcbikehistory posted an extensive history of the tunnel: I regularly cycle through the tunnel. 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