According to the Wikipedia entry, "The Cincinnati Subway is a set of unused tunnels and stations for a rapid transit system beneath the streets of Cincinnati, Ohio. It is recognized as the largest abandoned subway tunnel in the United States. Construction took place in the early twentieth century, but the project was not completed so it never hosted a paying customer."
Further, "The project has been described as 'one of the city's biggest embarrassments,' and 'one of Cincinnati's biggest failures.' Some argue that because rapid transit was never completed Cincinnati is smaller, forces its citizens to be automobile-dependent, has its downtown area dominated by highways and parking lots, lacks 'walkable communities,' motivates people to live outside of the city, and has spawned today's traffic jams."
Taking a tour of the tunnels is on my bucket list, but for now I just have to look at what others have posted on the internet of this wonder. I imagine the abandoned New York subway tunnels from Ghostbusters 2.
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| This is a entrance point located along I-75. Creepy! There's also this documentary about the history of and politics surrounding rapid transit in the city: |
