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The original tunnel catered for a single lane of traffic in each direction, but rising traffic levels required the second tunnel to be built. The M25 connected to the tunnels at both ends when completed in 1986, and the increased traffic put pressure on the tunnels' capacity.
Railway tunnel: West Thurrock, Swanscombe: 2007: High Speed 1: Dartford Tunnel (eastern) Road tunnel: May 1980: A282 road: Dartford Tunnel (western) Road tunnel: 18 Nov 1963: A282 road, European route E15: Dartford Cable Tunnel Utility tunnel: 2005: Power cable: Barking cable tunnel Utility tunnel: Barking, Thamesmead: 1920s [3] Power cable ...
Traffic reporting is the near real-time distribution of information about road conditions such as traffic congestion, detours, and traffic collisions. The reports help drivers anticipate and avoid traffic problems. Traffic reports, especially in cities, may also report on major delays to mass transit that does not necessarily involve roads. In ...
A tunnel is an underground passageway with no defined minimum length, though it may be considered to be at least twice as long as wide. Some government bodies define a tunnel as 150 metres (0.093 mi) in length or longer. [1] A tunnel may be for pedestrians or cyclists, for general road traffic, for motor vehicles only, for rail traffic, or for ...
Travelers were left stranded in their vehicles for hours on October 23, as mass delays for Eurotunnel trains in Folkestone led to traffic congestion in southeast England.Many took to social media ...
The Dartford Cable Tunnel is a 2.4 km utility tunnel beneath the Thames, upstream of the Dartford Crossing. With a diameter of ~3 m (10 ft), it carries a 400 kV National Grid electrical transmission cable. It is accessible by foot as a crossing of the Thames, but by authorised personnel only.
A last-minute strike action that caused dozens of Eurostar cancelations on Thursday has ended.
The world's first underwater tunnel, linking Wapping to Rotherhithe. Originally designed as a road tunnel for horse-drawn traffic, the necessary access ramps were never built and it was opened as a pedestrian tunnel. It was converted to a rail tunnel, reopening in 1869 and becoming part of the London Overground network in 2010.