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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.
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 ...
First proposed in the late 2000s, the crossing is designed to relieve the pressure on the existing A282 Dartford Crossing. [2] The proposed route would connect the M25 motorway and A13 north of the river to the M2 motorway south of the river. [3] If built, the crossing would have the longest road tunnel in the UK at 2.6 miles (4.2 km). [4]
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.
This is in order to give slower vehicles a possibility to use the bridge. The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge / Dartford tunnel at London Orbital is an example of this. London Orbital or the M25 is a motorway surrounding London, but at the last River Thames crossing before its mouth, motorway rules do not apply. (At this crossing the London Orbital ...
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)
The Dartford Cable Tunnel allows high voltage electricity line to cross the River Thames. [citation needed] The Utility Tunnels in Qatar built on the Lusail, 15 km north of Doha, is approximately 14–15 km in length. [citation needed] The old Beacon Hill Tunnel in New Kowloon, Hong Kong, a disused railway tunnel which now carries a towngas ...
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.