Cow Tunnels Under Route 70

[Teegate]

I have received two emails in the past few weeks about this so I have updated the photo in the first post.

Guy

 

[Wrangleboro]

There is a tunnel that runs under the Turnpike on the North side of the Rancocas River just after the bridge. It was negotiated by the landowner, Granville Haines, the farm is now an industrial park. Haines owned 35 acres of pasture on the other side and wanted direct access. When he sold off the main portion of his farm he deeded the 35 acres to the state, it's now part of Rancocas State Park. The tunnel is large enough to get a Ford 9N tractor through and to my knowledge is still there.
Trivia- The Haines farm was where they took Nikita Kruschev, in order to show him a typical working family farm. His response, "when do we go to "Disneyland".

 

[Teegate]

There is a tunnel that runs under the Turnpike on the North side of the Rancocas River just after the bridge. It was negotiated by the landowner, Granville Haines, the farm is now an industrial park. Haines owned 35 acres of pasture on the other side and wanted direct access. When he sold off the main portion of his farm he deeded the 35 acres to the state, it's now part of Rancocas State Park. The tunnel is large enough to get a Ford 9N tractor through and to my knowledge is still there.
Trivia- The Haines farm was where they took Nikita Kruschev, in order to show him a typical working family farm. His response, "when do we go to "Disneyland".

Interesting to know. I know there is one much further up but I did not know about that one.

Guy

 

[Badfish740]

Since this thread has been resurrected I thought I'd mention that the cow tunnels under the Turnpike I posted about some years ago are indeed being widened along with the roadway. I was visiting my parents and happened to be driving through the area a few weeks ago.