Downtown Tunnel System

About

Throw out your old ideas of grimy, dark tunnels and step below the skyscrapers in downtown Houston. You'll find over six miles of brightly lit, shopper-friendly, and sometimes elegantly-designed walking and retail space connecting major buildings. Image by Lenny DiFranza from Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/ldifranza/

Additional Information

Details - 20 feet below the streets and climate friendly, summer and winter - 95 city blocks are connected, and each tunnel is owned by the building above, so it's constantly changing - public entrances at Wells Fargo Plaza and McKinney Garage, but you can come down from many major commercial buildings - Tour guides available at www.DiscoverHoustonTours.com and www.HoustonHistoricalTours.com - Printable map: http://www.downtownhouston.org/site_media/uploads/attachments/2012-06-15/2012_Above__Below_Map.pdf