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The Hoosac Tunnel (also called Hoosic or Hoosick Tunnel) is a active railroad tunnel in western Massachusetts that passes through the Hoosac Range, an extension of Vermont's Green Mountains.

Work began in 1851 with an estimated cost of $2 million and ended in 1875 with a total cost of $21 million.

At its completion, the tunnel was the world's second-longest, after the Mont Cenis Tunnel through the French Alps.

It was the longest tunnel in North America until the 1916 completion of the Connaught Tunnel under Rogers Pass in British Columbia, and remains the longest active transportation tunnel east of the Rocky Mountains.

The Hoosac Range is part of both the Berkshires of western Massachusetts and the southern Green Mountains of Vermont; it is part of the greater Appalachian Mountain chain.

Notable peaks include Haystack Mountain and Mount Snow in Vermont and Spruce Mountain in Massachusetts, as well as the Berkshires high point, Crum Hill, in the town of Monroe, Massachusetts.

Western Massachusetts is a region in Massachusetts, one of the six U.S. states that make up the New England region of the United States.

Western Massachusetts has diverse topography; 22 universities, with approximately 100,000 university students; and such institutions as Tanglewood, Springfield Armory, and Jacob's Pillow.

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba.

Florida is the 22nd-most extensive, the 3rd-most populous, and the 8th-most densely populated of the U.S. states.

Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States.

The Miami metropolitan area is Florida's most populous urban area.

The city of Tallahassee is the state capital.