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The Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line (東京湾 アクアライン, Tōkyō-wan Akua-rain [9]), also known as the Trans-Tokyo Bay Expressway, is an expressway that is mainly made up of a bridge–tunnel combination across Tokyo Bay in Japan.
Rail tunnel for Bay Area Rapid Transit. Connects Oakland to San Francisco. It is the longest underwater tunnel in North America: 5.8 km: 41 m: 1965–1969 Cross-Harbour Tunnel: Hong Kong: A busy road tunnel in Hong Kong: 1.86 km: 1969–1972 Elbe Tunnel (1975) Hamburg, Germany: 8-lane road tunnel crossing the Elbe River in Hamburg: 3.3 km: 1968 ...
The 16.5-mile road tunnel will save drivers 11 hours on ... a new 17-mile underwater tunnel could link Europe’s high-speed rail network to North Africa by 2030 – if a €6bn proposal goes ...
Road tunnel, pedestrian tunnel: Rotherhithe, Limehouse: 12 Jun 1908: A101 road: The chief engineer was Maurice Fitzmaurice. Thames Tunnel Railway tunnel: Wapping, Rotherhithe: 1843: East London line, London Overground: Marc Brunel. The world's first underwater tunnel, now part of the Overground network. Originally a foot tunnel.
The road that is this unique causeway in France disappears under water about twice everyday for a couple hours. So, if you're traveling on either side of the road and the tide comes, settle in you ...
Named for nearby Fort McHenry, the tunnel is the lowest point in the Interstate Highway System under water. [2] Construction began in May 1980; the tunnel opened on November 23, 1985. Having consumed some $750 million (equivalent to $2.1 billion in 2023), it was the most expensive Interstate project until surpassed by the Big Dig in Boston. [3]
When the tunnel opened, it was the first underwater tunnel in Louisiana. [1] [2] Shortly after, two new tunnels were built in the state: the Harvey Tunnel which once carried traffic from the Westbank Expressway and the Houma Tunnel. The tunnel was the primary means of carrying traffic to and from Belle Chasse and westbank Plaquemines Parish ...
The Washburn Tunnel is a two-lane underwater motor-vehicle tunnel connecting Galena Park and Pasadena, two suburbs of Houston, Texas. Completed in 1950, it travels north-south underneath the Houston Ship Channel. It was named after Harris County, Texas Auditor Harry L. Washburn. It is the largest and first toll-free vehicular tunnel in the ...