Horseshoe Curve
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2400 Veterans Memorial Highway, Altoona, Pennsylvania
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Horseshoe Curve is a three-track railroad curve on Norfolk Southern Railway's Pittsburgh Line, which is about 2,375 feet long and 1,300 feet in diameter. Completed in 1854 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a way to reduce the westbound grade to the summit of the Allegheny Mountains, it replaced the time-consuming Allegheny Portage Railroad, the only other route across the mountains for large vehicles.
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Lat: 40.497747 Lng: -78.484185
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