Queensway Tunnel

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The Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel in northwest England that carries vehicular traffic beneath the River Mersey between Liverpool and the Wirral Peninsula.

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Queensway Tunnel canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf road infrastructure
road tunnel
subaqueous tunnel
carries vehicular traffic
chiefEngineer John Brodie
Sir Basil Mott
connects Birkenhead
Liverpool
constructionStartDate 1925
country United Kingdom
crosses River Mersey
designer Herbert James Rowse
hasCategory Road tunnels in England
Transport in Liverpool
Transport in Merseyside
Tunnels in Merseyside
hasJunction Birkenhead tunnel approaches
Liverpool city centre approaches
hasVentilationBuilding George’s Dock Building
heritageStatus Grade II listed ventilation building at George’s Dock
inaugurationDate 18 July 1934
length approximately 2.01 miles
approximately 3.24 kilometres
locatedIn Liverpool
North West England
Wirral
surface form: Wirral Peninsula
locatedInMetropolitanCounty Merseyside
locatedUnder River Mersey
namedAfter Queensway
numberOfLanes 4
numberOfTubes 1
opened 1934
operator Merseytravel
owner Merseytravel
parallelStructure Kingsway Tunnel
partOf Mersey Tunnels
passesBelow River Mersey riverbed
previouslyKnownAs Mersey Tunnels
surface form: Mersey Tunnel
regionServed Merseyside
roadType road tunnel
serves Birkenhead town centre
Liverpool
surface form: Liverpool city centre
toll yes
trafficType motor vehicles

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River Mersey crossedBy Queensway Tunnel
Mersey Tunnels hasPart Queensway Tunnel
Birkenhead hasTransport Queensway Tunnel
Kingsway Tunnel hasTwinStructureWith Queensway Tunnel
George’s Dock Building serves Queensway Tunnel