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In November 2012 scenes for the 2013 film Fast & Furious 6 were filmed in the Queensway Tunnel. [3] There is an annual 10k run that passes underneath the Mersey via the Kingsway Tunnel. This is the only time during the year when one can travel through the tunnel on foot. In 2024, more than 2,000 people registered to take part in the event. [4]
The Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. Locally, it is often referred to as the "Birkenhead Tunnel" or "old tunnel", to distinguish it from the newer Kingsway Tunnel (1971), which serves Wallasey and the M53 motorway traffic. At 2.13 miles (3.43 km) in length ...
There are three tunnels under the River Mersey: the Mersey Railway Tunnel; and two road tunnels, Queensway Tunnel and Kingsway Tunnel. The Mersey Ferry continues to provide an important link between Liverpool and the Wirral, as well as a tourist attraction. Made famous by the song "Ferry Cross the Mersey" by Gerry & The Pacemakers, the song is ...
Merseytravel is responsible for the two road tunnels, Kingsway and Queensway, under the River Mersey and also controls the Mersey Tunnels Police. Merseyrail also runs through a railway tunnel under the river connecting central Liverpool and Birkenhead which was the first transport tunnel under the Mersey to be built, in the nineteenth century. [13]
Kentucky has been the stage for many Hollywood films, from romance to horror. Kentucky's sceneries are not new to the big screen as movies including “Coal Miner's Daughter," "How the West Was ...
Comedy film set on the tug boats of the River Mersey. [16] Perduto: 2024 Short film about a child whose father is interned as an enemy alien in World War 2 Britain. Filming took place in Wirral and Liverpool. [42] Priest: 1994 Jimmy McGovan drama about a priest's conflict of belief [16] The Reckoning: 1969 Crime drama set and filmed in and ...
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The Kingsway Tunnel (or Wallasey Tunnel) is a toll road tunnel under the River Mersey between Liverpool and Wallasey. The 1.5 mi (2.4 km) tunnel carries the A59 . It was built because the Queensway Tunnel – which was built in the 1930s to carry vehicles between Birkenhead and Liverpool – was unable to cope with the rise in postwar traffic.