Queensway Tunnel

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road infrastructure road tunnel subaqueous tunnel

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

Statements (44)

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 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 Tunnel →
regionServed	Merseyside →
roadType	road tunnel →
serves	Birkenhead town centre → Liverpool city centre →
toll	yes →
trafficType	motor vehicles →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
River Mersey →	crossedBy
Mersey Tunnels →	hasPart
Birkenhead →	hasTransport