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This stone arch tunnel is just a bit up the road from yesterday’s picture.  It is unique because it appears to  be a tunnel through land that is only 10 feet higher than the tunnel itself.  Usually this kind of obstruction would just be removed for a road.  

However, there’s a catch.  There are railroad tracks on top of the land on top of this tunnel.  So the question is, did they build this tiny tunnel to prevent disturbing tracks that were there?  Or is this a bridge built for the railroad over a road that was already there.     Seeing as the tracks have been around since before the car, I’m guessing its a tunnel, but I can’t say for sure.

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