Mitchell Pt Tunnel

Opening 2nd Qtr 2024

The new Mitchell Pt Tunnel as of November 2023

Below are a few construction images of Mitchell Pt.

Discussion of how to access Mitchell Pt by cycling on this webpage

Left: 1920's Postcard of West Entrance to Mitchell Point.        Right: 2024's East Entrance to Mitchell Point.

Mitchell Point Tunnel was part of today's Historic Columbia River Highway.  

Some 2000 workers from Hood River County created the vision of a Columbia River Highway to become the first Scenic Highway in the USA.

Construction Images from 2021 to 2024

Left: Bore drilling machine for dynamite suppositories       Middle: Tunnel enlarging from west to east        Right: Support for future masonary entrance of the eastern portal