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."
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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."
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