The Cincinnati Subway
The Cincinnati Subway has been one of the most popular subjects in my urban exploration series. Never completed and now serving only as an urban legend—the subway remains one of the biggest “what-ifs” in the Queen City’s history. Personally, it’s been one of my favorite topics to delve into over the years and was one of the catalyst’s for launching my original website.
No, it doesn’t matter what your dad’s cousin’s friend heard—the tunnels are not “too small” and yes, they could still be used in the future.
The overall story is best experienced in the following order:
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The Cincinnati Subway
"That doesn't look too far down," I said.
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The (Rest of) Cincinnati's Subway
While Cincinnatians go about the city via their car or bus, as those are the only current transportation options, most don't realize that the rail network they could've had is right below their feet, in a catacomb of future potential.
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Cincinnati's Other Abandoned Subway
When it comes to abandoned icons of the Queen City, the abandoned two mile never completed subway is usually at the top of the list. On the other end of downtown though, there's another abandoned subway... sort of.
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What Could've Been: The Cincinnati Subway and its Boston Inspiration
You have to know where to look in the Kentucky woods, but it’s up there in the hills—an abandoned town looking like the set of a John Wayne film. Was the place the forgotten theme park that the internet had touted it to be, though?
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The Catacombs of Cleveland
In Cleveland, beneath the Veterans' Memorial Bridge, crossing over the Cuyahoga River, is an abandoned deck which once provided an exclusive right-of-way to Cleveland's streetcars, while motor vehicles whizzed by overhead.
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Construction on Cincinnati's Subway to Resume, First Train Delivered!
It's been 84 years since construction of the Cincinnati Subway halted. Nearly two miles of unused tunnels have been sitting silently beneath the city streets since 1927. Despite efforts to try and revive the project - political corruption, economic climate, changing population trends and even war were one of the many historical circumstances that prevented the subway from ever seeing a train or rider. That is, until today.