PortMiami Tunnel

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The PortMiami Tunnel is an underwater roadway in Miami, Florida, that diverts port-related traffic away from downtown by providing a direct connection between the MacArthur Causeway and PortMiami.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
PortMiami Tunnel canonical 2
Port of Miami Tunnel 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf highway infrastructure project
road tunnel
undersea tunnel
cityServed Miami
connectedRoad Interstate 395 via MacArthur Causeway
State Road A1A
surface form: State Road A1A
connects MacArthur Causeway
PortMiami
constructionMethod tunnel boring machine
constructionStartDate 2010
country United States of America
surface form: United States
environmentalConsideration designed to minimize impacts on Biscayne Bay
fundingModel public–private partnership
hasToll no
laneConfiguration 2 lanes per tube
length approximately 0.8 miles
approximately 1.27 kilometers
locatedIn Florida
Miami
Miami-Dade County
notable first large-diameter bored tunnel in Florida
numberOfLanes 4
numberOfTubes 2
officialName PortMiami Tunnel self-linksurface differs
surface form: Port of Miami Tunnel
openingDate 2014
operator MAT Concessionaire LLC
owner Miami
surface form: City of Miami

Florida Department of Transportation
Miami-Dade County
partOf transportation infrastructure of PortMiami
portServed PortMiami
projectCost approximately 1 billion US dollars
purpose divert port-related truck traffic from downtown Miami streets
provide direct roadway access between PortMiami and the interstate highway system
reducesTrafficOn downtown Miami surface streets
region South Florida
safetyFeature cross passages between tubes
emergency exits
fire detection and suppression systems
ventilation system
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
trafficDirection one-way per tube
trafficType buses
passenger vehicles
trucks
tunnelBoringMachineName Harriet
under Government Cut
waterbody Biscayne Bay

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PortMiami connectedBy PortMiami Tunnel
PortMiami Tunnel officialName PortMiami Tunnel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Port of Miami Tunnel
Dodge Island connectedBy PortMiami Tunnel
subject surface form: PortMiami