The Pyatt Tunnel is a historic railroad tunnel in
Marion County, Arkansas. It is a tunnel, hewn through bedrock beneath a ridge north of Crooked Creek and southeast of the city of
Pyatt. The tunnel's portals are unimproved, and the tunnel itself has no concrete reinforcement, unlike other tunnels on the White Mountain Division of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad
The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad ...
, which passes through it. The tunnel was built in 1903–1904, and is one of seven railroad tunnels in the state.
The tunnel was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2007.
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Railway tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places
Transport infrastructure completed in 1904
Buildings and structures in Marion County, Arkansas
Tunnels in Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Arkansas
Railway buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
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