The west portal of the Fort Mason Tunnel in disuse as seen in June 2017 | |
Overview | |
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Line | State Belt Railroad |
Location | San Francisco, California |
Coordinates | 37°48′19″N 122°25′52″W / 37.8054°N 122.43118°W |
Start | Van Ness |
End | Marina Bl. at Laguna St. |
Operation | |
Opened | 1914 |
Closed | 1993 |
Owner | National Park Service |
Character | Tunnel |
Technical | |
No. of tracks | 1 |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Fort Mason Tunnel is an abandoned single-track railway tunnel in San Francisco which runs under a small hill upon which sits a portion of the old Fort Mason. The tunnel was constructed in 1913 and opened to rail traffic in 1914.[1] The east portal is near the north end of Van Ness Avenue; the west portal feeds onto Marina Boulevard at Laguna Street.