Ruin
Collapsed overpass tunnel
A caved-in freeway tunnel full of tunnelers and dead NCR troopers, linking Hopeville to the High Road.
- Map
- The Divide
- Faction
- None
- Danger
- High
- Map position
- 7 × 11
The collapsed overpass tunnel is the wreck of a freeway tunnel that caved in when the missiles around Hopeville detonated, with ruined cars hanging from the highway above. Its entrance is blocked by car wrecks and a warhead next to the marked men base, and blowing it up opens the last leg of The Job. Inside, ED-E plays another of Doctor Whitley's recordings, and a deathclaw sprints past you only to be torn apart by something you cannot see.
That something is the tunnelers, fast burrowing creatures that pour out of gas-spewing mounds in front of and behind you. Past a line of overturned trailers, a large group attacks at once. Several dead NCR troopers lie by a shipping crate holding a dead deathclaw; one carries the Bravo Team mission orders holodisk, and their stock of flash bangs is nearby. Shipping crates, a RALPHIE poster and a safe or two are scattered through the elevated wreckage.
Tunnelers count as abominations, so flash bangs and flare guns can scare them off, which helps here and in every later tunneler fight. A copy of Duck and Cover! is in an open box under a teddy bear at a small lit camp just before the exit. Walking out under the old High Road sign completes The Job, starts The Launch and moves the clock forward to the next morning.
How to get there
Detonate the warhead in the car wrecks beside the marked men base and walk into the tunnel mouth.
Notable loot
- Bravo Team mission orders holodisk (on a dead NCR trooper)
- Flash bangs (NCR supply near the dead troopers)
- Duck and Cover! (box under the teddy bear near the exit)
- Military shipping crates and safes in the elevated wreckage
Related quests
- The Job
- The Launch
Notable characters
- ED-E
Tips
- Take the flash bangs; they make tunnelers flee for a moment.
- Fight the big tunneler wave with your back to the trailers so they cannot surround you.
Collectibles and items here
- Holotape Bravo Team mission ordersOn the body of an NCR trooper at the opening of the shipping crate with the dead deathclaw.
- Main quest The LaunchStarts as you come out of the collapsed overpass tunnel at the end of The Job; Ulysses speaks through ED-E a second time.
- Skill book Duck and Cover! (Explosives)Just before the exit to the High Road, in a small camp to the south behind some sandbags. The book is in an open crate under a teddy bear, near a generator and a light.
- Warhead WarheadReturn to the warhead you blew up on the main road and continue toward the overpass tunnel. Just before the tunnel entrance a warhead lies in the back of an army truck, blocking the road.
- RALPHIE poster RALPHIE posterInside the tunnel, in the back of the first overturned truck trailer on the left at the first corner (the one with two caravan crates).