UK Roads - Going Underground
Tunnels |
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Road |
Name |
Feature/Structure |
Construction |
Length (m) |
Date Opened |
Toll |
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M4 |
Brynglas1 |
[Steep Hill] |
Bored |
365 |
1965-80 |
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M25 |
Bell Common |
Epping Forest |
Cut & Cover |
450 |
1984 |
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M25 |
Holmesdale |
[Built-up Area] |
Cut & Cover |
600 |
1984 |
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A1(M) |
Hatfield |
Galleria Shopping Centre |
Cut & Cover |
1400 |
1986 |
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A58(M) |
Inner Ring Road |
Leeds General Infirmary |
Cut & Cover |
367 |
1964-75 |
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A3 |
Hindhead |
Bored/Cut & Cover |
1800 |
2009 |
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A19 |
Tyne |
River Tyne |
Bored |
1645 |
1967 |
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A19 |
2nd Tyne |
River Tyne |
Immersed Tube |
2600 |
2008 |
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A20 |
Folkestone |
Round Hill |
Bored |
365? |
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A26 |
Cuilfail |
[Built-up Area] |
Bored |
420 |
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A27 |
Mile Oak |
Southwick Hill |
Bored |
390 |
1994 |
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A38 |
Saltash |
[Built-up Area] |
Bored |
370 |
1981 |
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A40 |
Monmouth |
[Escarpment] |
Bored |
185 |
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A55 |
Conwy |
River Conwy |
Immersed Tube |
1089 |
1991 |
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A55 |
Dwygyfylchi |
Penmaen-Bach |
Bored |
660 |
1989 |
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A55 |
Penmaenmawr |
Penmaenmawr |
Bored |
930 |
1983 |
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A57 |
Mottram |
Cut & Cover |
170 |
2007 |
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A101 |
Rotherhithe |
River Thames |
Bored |
1705 |
1908 |
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A102 |
Blackwall (Northbound) |
River Thames |
Bored |
1362 |
1897 |
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A102 |
Blackwall (Southbound) |
River Thames |
Bored |
1201 |
1967 |
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A282 |
Dartford (Northbound)2 |
River Thames |
Twin Bored |
1436 |
1963/1980 |
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A289 |
Medway |
River Medway |
Immersed Tube |
720 |
1996 |
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A299 |
Chestfield |
Chestfield Golf Course |
Cut & Cover |
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A299 |
Pegwell3 |
[Bulit-up Area] |
Bored |
800 |
2000 |
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A303 |
Stonehenge |
World Heritage Site |
Bored |
2100 |
2009 |
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A505 |
Baldock |
Weston Hills |
230 |
2006 |
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A538 |
Manchester Airport4 |
[Airport Runway] |
Cut & Cover |
400 |
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A643 |
Holbeck |
[Playing Fields] |
Cut & Cover |
160 |
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A658 |
Leeds-Bradford Airport |
[Airport Runway] |
Cut & Cover |
237 |
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A739 |
Clyde |
River Clyde |
Bored |
760 |
1963 |
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A1203 |
Limehouse Link |
Limehouse Basin |
Cut & Cover |
1800 |
1993 |
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A1261 |
Aspen Way (Eastbound)5 |
[Bulit-up Area] |
Bored |
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A4232 |
Butetown |
[Built-up Area] |
Bored |
715 |
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(Tunnel) |
Kingsway (Eastbound) |
River Mersey |
Bored |
3237 |
1934 |
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(Tunnel) |
Queensway (Westbound) |
River Mersey |
Bored |
2438 |
1971 |
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[Unclassified] |
Caernarfon Castle Square, Caernarfon, Gwynedd6 |
[Built-up Area] |
Bored |
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1999 |
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[Unclassified] |
Heathrow Vehicle Tunnel, Heathrow, London |
Heathrow Airport |
Cut & Cover |
628 |
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[Unclassified] |
Manifold or Swainsley Tunnel, Swainsley, Staffordshire7 |
Swainsley Hills |
Bored |
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[Unclassified] |
Samphire Hoe, Dover, Kent |
Dover Cliffs |
Bored |
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[Restricted] |
Heathrow Cargo Tunnel, Heathrow, London8 |
Heathrow Airport |
Cut & Cover |
1986? |
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[Restricted] |
Park Tunnel, Nottingham9 |
Nottingham Castle Rock |
Bored |
1850? |
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Underpasses (some signed as tunnels) |
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Road |
Name |
Feature/Structure |
Construction |
Length (m) |
Date Opened |
Toll |
M1/M62 |
Lofthouse Interchange |
[Subsurface Road] |
Cut & Cover |
1999 |
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M8 |
Charing Cross |
[Subsurface Road] |
Cut & Cover |
1972 |
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A167(M) |
Central Motorway East |
[Subsurface Road] |
Cut & Cover |
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A2 |
Rochester Way |
Cut & Cover |
156 |
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A4 |
Hyde Park Corner |
[Subsurface Road] |
Cut & Cover |
310 |
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A12 |
Cambridge Park |
George Green |
Cut & Cover |
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A23 |
Gatwick Airport |
South Terminal Building |
Buildings Above Street Level |
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A40 |
Hanger Lane |
[Subsurface Road] |
Cut & Cover |
241 |
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A50 |
Meir |
[Subsurface Road] |
Cut & Cover |
280 |
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A62 |
Castlegate |
[Subsurface Road] |
Cut & Cover |
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A301/A4200 |
Aldwych Underpass10 |
Kingsway/Aldwych/Lancaster Place |
Cut & Cover |
365 |
1964 |
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A302 |
Westminster Bridge Road |
Waterloo Station |
Buildings Above Street Level |
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A406 |
Angel Road |
[Subsurface Road] |
Cut & Cover |
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A594 |
St Nicholas Circle |
[Subsurface Road] |
Cut & Cover |
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A3211 |
Upper Thames Street |
City of London School |
Cut & Cover |
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A4044 |
Temple Way |
[Subsurface Road] |
Cut & Cover |
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A4400 |
Paradise Circus |
[Subsurface Road] |
Cut & Cover |
500 |
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A4400 |
Smallbrook Queensway |
[Subsurface Road] |
Cut & Cover |
548 |
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A4400 |
St Chads Circus |
[Subsurface Road] |
Cut & Cover |
192 |
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B100 |
Beech Street |
The Barbican |
Buildings Above Street Level |
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B986 |
Denburn Road |
[Car Park] |
Cut & Cover |
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B4100 |
Lancaster Circus |
[Subsurface Road] |
Cut & Cover |
197 |
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[Unclassified] |
Castle Baynard Street, Blackfriars, London |
City of London School |
Cut & Cover |
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[Unclassified] |
Joiner Street/Stainer Street/Weston Street, London Bridge, London |
London Bridge Station |
Buildings Above Street Level |
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[Unclassified] |
Lower Downs Road, Raynes Park, London |
[Railway Lines] |
Parallel Viaducts |
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[Unclassified] |
Neville Street/Swinegate, Leeds |
Leeds Station |
Buildings Above Street Level |
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[Unclassified] |
Stansted Airport, Essex |
Terminal Building |
Buildings Above Street Level |
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[Unclassified] |
Travis Street, Piccadilly, Manchester |
Manchester Piccadilly Station |
Buildings Above Street Level |
1. Buildings above the tunnel suffered subsidence over the years, so extra work was ongoing for some time – more details here.
4. Two short stretches of tunnel, one under each runway. View looking north | View looking south
5. Will fully open as a two-way tunnel after the completion of the A13 work at Canning Town.
6. Uses former Bangor - Caernarfon railway tunnel, opened 1852.
7. Uses single-track former Leek & Manifold Light Railway tunnel; also part of the route of the Manifold Trail. View looking north | View looking south
8. Used by airside buses to transfer passengers from Terminals 1,2,3 to Terminal 4.
9. Found at the end of Tunnel Road, The Park, Nottingham. Not for vehicular access, but curiously wonderful enough to merit entry. View looking north.
10. Aldwych Underpass opened to motor traffic in 1964; before that it was a tram tunnel – more details here.
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