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One demonstrator, believed to be from Just Stop Oil, climbed the gantry at junction 31, closing the Dartford Tunnel. Major delays on M25 as protesters block junctions for second day [Video] Skip ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Leanne Rinne - BBC News, Dartford and Zac Sherratt - BBC News, South East January 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM The 2.6 mile (4.1km) tunnel would link the A2 and M2 in Kent with the A13 in Essex [National ...
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.
Non Motorway Traffic: December 1982 A282 (Dartford Crossing) 115.9 186.6 No Exit: J31 Thurrock, Lakeside A1306 Purfleet West Thurrock Thurrock services: December 1982 Dartford Crossing South (Queen Elizabeth II Bridge) River Thames: Dartford Crossing North (Dartford Tunnels) November 1963 (west tunnel) May 1980 (east tunnel) October 1991 (bridge)