Kingsway Tunnel
The Kingsway Tunnel is the second longest road tunnel and is located beneath the Mersey River between Liverpool and Wallasey. Here are some key features and specifications for this tunnel:
- The tunnel is a long road tunnel in the UK and is also called the Wallasey Tunnel.
- The total length of the tunnel is 2,483 metres and it was built in year 1971.
- This tunnel was opened because the Queensway tunnel was unable to cope up with the rise in postwar traffic.
- This tunnel has two separate tubes for traffic, one for each direction. This helps keep traffic flowing smoothly.
- This tunnel project was authorised by Mersey Tunnel and Edmund Nuttall Limited, and the complete construction took about five years.
- The maximum speed of vehicles in this tunnel is 40mph and the minimum speed of the vehicles is 10 mph.
- This tunnel provides amazing views of the River Mersey and Liverpool waterfronts.
Top 10 Longest Tunnels in the UK
The list of longest tunnels in the UK are the Queensway Tunnel, Kingsway Tunnel, Hindhead Tunnel, Limehouse Link Tunnel, Tyne Tunnel, Rotherhithe Tunnel, Dartford Tunnel, Heathrow Airside Road Tunnel, Blackwall Tunnel and Hatfield Tunnel.
In this article, we are going to learn about each of the tunnels in the list.
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