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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.
At least 66 people have been killed in Nepal since early on Friday as persistent downpours triggered flooding and landslides, closing major roads and disrupting domestic air travel, officials said ...
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]
Tunnel Diameter (m) Start location End location Length (m) Type Construction year Reference Melamchi Water Supply Project (Longest in Nepal) 3.70 Melamchi: Sundarijal: 25,915 Drinking water supply 2021 [1] Bheri Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project: 12,000 Irrigation 2019 [2] Churia Tunnel (oldest tunnel in Nepal) Hetauda: Amlekhganj: 500 ...
Nepal has signed a framework agreement with China on the Belt and Road initiative, after an initial pact was signed seven years ago but no progress made since, paving the way for cooperation on ...
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)
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 ...