Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The railway tunnel and Queensway road tunnel connect central Liverpool with Birkenhead, while the Kingsway road tunnel runs to Wallasey. The road tunnels are owned and operated by Merseytravel, and have their own police force, the Mersey Tunnels Police. In 1967 it was announced that the "Mersey Tunnel Scheme" was now operational. [1]
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 ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Start of River Mersey Knightsbridge ... Queensway Tunnel: 1934
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.
In 1926, in the context of the construction of the Queensway Tunnel under the River Mersey, Southampton council hired Basil Mott to investigate the various options for building a fixed crossing across the lower River Itchen. [5] Along with providing costs for a tunnel and a high level crossing, he recommended a low level opening span bridge. [5]
The Victoria Tunnel in Liverpool, England is a 1.537 miles (2.474 km) long rail tunnel. Opened in 1849, its eastern portal is adjacent to Edge Hill station . The western portal opens into a short (69 yards or 63 metres) cutting, between Byrom Street and Fontenoy Street, the shorter Waterloo Tunnel exits the cutting terminating at Waterloo Dock.
East River Mountain Tunnel; H. Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel; M. Marys Rock Tunnel; Midtown Tunnel (Virginia) Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel
The Etna, the first steam-powered ferry on the River Mersey, operated from Tranmere Pool to Liverpool on 17 April 1817. [20] The early part of the 19th century was a prosperous time for Tranmere's ferry service, but this was to change with the completion of Thomas Brassey 's New Chester Road in 1833 and the opening of the Chester and Birkenhead ...