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Gateway to the High Country

Marvel at Colorado’s most famous tunnel: the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel.

Aired 11/26/2015 | Rating NR

Colorado Experience

Gateway to the High Country

Season 3 Episode 309 | 26m 39sVideo has Closed Captions

Marvel at Colorado’s most famous tunnel: the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel.

As the highest vehicular tunnel in the world with an elevation of 11,155 feet, the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel is a massive engineering achievement. Armed with 150 security cameras and serving over 30,000 motorists per day, 365 days per year, the Tunnel runs as a well-oiled machine. However years of political and geological challenges almost prevented this "gateway to the high country."

Aired 11/26/2015 | Rating NR

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Colorado Experience is a local public television program presented by RMPBS

Colorado Experience

Gateway to the High Country

Season 3 Episode 309 | 26m 39sVideo has Closed Captions

As the highest vehicular tunnel in the world with an elevation of 11,155 feet, the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel is a massive engineering achievement. Armed with 150 security cameras and serving over 30,000 motorists per day, 365 days per year, the Tunnel runs as a well-oiled machine. However years of political and geological challenges almost prevented this "gateway to the high country."

Aired 11/26/2015 | Rating NR

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