Sunday, September 11, 2011

Bluff Tunnel

Built in 1929, The Bluff Tunnel closed in 1977 after becoming a haven for vagrants and illicit activity. Despite a 1992 plan by the Heart of Corpus Christi to reopen it, a 1996 visioning plan that listed its restoration as a priority and former Mayor Henry Garrett's interest in reopening the area in 2000 when he was a councilman, the rusted gates remained shut.

The tunnel has street entrances at Lower Broadway and Leopard Street in front of Wilson Plaza. There are also entrances to the tunnel in the basements of the 600 Building and what is now the Wells Fargo Building.



























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