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The Dartford–Thurrock River Crossing, commonly known as the Dartford Crossing and until 1991 the Dartford Tunnel, is a major road crossing of the River Thames in England, carrying the A282 road between Dartford in Kent in the south and Thurrock in Essex in the north. It consists of two bored tunnels and the cable-stayed Queen Elizabeth II Bridge.
To the east of London the two ends of the M25 are joined to complete a loop by the non-motorway A282 Dartford Crossing of the River Thames between Thurrock and Dartford. The crossing consists of twin two-lane tunnels and the four-lane QE2 (Queen Elizabeth II) bridge, [6] [7] with a main span of 450 metres (1,480 ft). [8]
We are currently on scene at the north-bound track of the M25 at the Dartford River Crossing where a protester has climbed on to the gantry at junction 31. Dartford tunnel and two lanes are closed.
Thurrock services is a motorway service station in Thurrock, Essex, serving the M25 motorway, and the Dartford Crossing (A282). It was planned in the mid-1980s and opened after the M25 was completed. Originally popular, the services have gradually deteriorated and have attracted criticism for poor facilities.
National Highways East wrote on Twitter that there were ’60 minute delays with three miles of congestion’.
Dart Charge bailiffs have collected nearly £112m since 2019, it emerges.
Two road tunnels were built in East London at the end of the 19th century, the Blackwall Tunnel and the Rotherhithe Tunnel; and the latest tunnel is the Dartford Crossing. Many footbridges were made across the weirs that were built on the non-tidal river, and some of these remained when the locks were built, such as at Benson Lock .
Option A: Building an additional 1 mile (1.6 km) road crossing at the current Dartford Crossing (A282) in addition to the current two tunnels (north) and four-lane bridge (South). Option A Route 14: Proposed tunnel (approximately 7 miles (11 km) in length between the end of the M25 in Essex to the beginning of the M25 in Kent – essentially ...