Barretts Tunnels

Barretts Tunnels
Nearest cityKirkwood, Missouri
Coordinates38°34′11″N 90°27′53″W / 38.56972°N 90.46472°W / 38.56972; -90.46472
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1851 (1851)
EngineerJames P. Kirkwood
NRHP reference No.78003138
Added to NRHPDecember 8, 1978

The Barretts Tunnels are a pair of railroad tunnels in St. Louis County, Missouri, the first ones built west of the Mississippi River. They were built by the Pacific Railroad in 1853.

The tunnels were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.