5-460: Beaucatcher Tunnel carries U.S. Route 70 (US 70) and US 74A through Beaucatcher Mountain in Asheville, North Carolina . Work on the 750-foot (230 m) tunnel was started in 1927 and completed in 1929. The tunnel has two lanes and sidewalks separated from the traffic lanes by concrete barriers. It was renovated in 2014 with new stone portals. The Asheville Times reported
10-460: The cost of the joint city- county project as nearly $ 400,000, with several delays and even cave-ins during construction. Many called the tunnel "folly and a reckless waste", and Democrats who had supported it were voted out in 1928. One reason for the opposition was that there was essentially nothing on the tunnel's east side. Two decades later, increased development east of the tunnel made it worthwhile. However, traffic increased to five times what
15-498: The mountain was incentive for her beau to spend time with her, thus, the mountain was dubbed Charlotte's “beau catcher.” Beaucatcher Mountain's elevation reaches 2,694 feet (821 m), providing views of Downtown Asheville. The mountain borders the eastern part of downtown Asheville and has three main roads that tunnel through and go over the mountain. They are: US 70 / US 74A via Beaucatcher Tunnel (completed in 1927), I-240 via Beaucatcher Cut (completed in 1980), and
20-578: The tunnel was designed for by 1960, and the tunnel was harder to maintain. Asheville Mall made the situation even worse, and traffic slowed greatly in both directions. For the construction of Interstate 240 on a parallel alignment two new tunnels were considered for the interstate route. In 1967 the North Carolina State Highway Commission endorsed an open cut through the mountain, which was projected to save $ 11.4 million over tunnel construction. The four-mile project
25-690: Was completed October 31, 1980 and cost $ 48 million. Beaucatcher Mountain Beaucatcher Mountain is located in a portion of the Appalachian Mountain Range known as the Great Craggy Mountains , in Asheville , North Carolina . Its name was said to have been coined in the mid-1800s by James W. Patton, who once teased his sister-in-law, Charlotte Kerry, after watching her stroll the mountainside with her "beau". Patton suggested her eagerness to walk
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