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The Victoria Tunnel is a subterranean wagonway that runs under Newcastle upon Tyne, England, from the Town Moor down to the River Tyne. It was built between 1839 and 1842 to transport coal from Leazes Main Colliery in Spital Tongues , to riverside staithes (jetties), ready for loading onto boats for export.
The Victoria Tunnel is a railway tunnel located in Queensland, Australia.At 537 metres (1,762 ft), the tunnel is the longer of the two oldest railway tunnels in Queensland, the other being known as the 'Six Chain', either because it is 6 chains (400 ft; 120 m) long, or is situated entirely on a 6-chain (400 ft; 120 m) radius curve, or both.
The tunnel was opened officially by the mayor of Wellington, Thomas Hislop, on 12 October 1931. Although the tunnel has been eclipsed in terms of features and amenities by more recent tunnels around the country, such as the Terrace Motorway Tunnel, the Mount Victoria Tunnel was the first road tunnel in New Zealand to be mechanically ventilated.
Victoria Tunnel, Queensland, Australia; Mount Victoria Tunnel, Wellington, New Zealand This page was last edited on 23 April 2009, at 08:32 (UTC). Text is available ...
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.
This section of State Highway 3 will be bypassed by about 5 km of new highway alignment that will include a short tunnel, east of the present tunnel. NZTA 2017; Mount Victoria Tunnel – on SH 1 under Mount Victoria, 623 m long, opened 1931. Paratitahi Tunnels – twin tunnels on SH 1, 11 km south of KaikÅura.
Victoria Park Tunnel (northbound) Victoria Park Viaduct (southbound) 427: 265: 427: Central Motorway Junction: SH 16 (Northwestern Motorway) – Port, Waitakere, Helensville: Southbound exit and northbound entrance Auckland Northern Motorway becomes Auckland Southern Motorway: 428: 266: 428: Central Motorway Junction
The area around the Hong Kong Island entrance of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel in the 1970s; the tunnel was under construction. Prior to the opening of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel , vehicular traffic travelling across the Victoria Harbour relied on ferry services as early as 1933. [ 1 ]