Dartford Tunnel

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The Dartford Tunnel is a major road tunnel under the River Thames in southeast England, forming part of a key river crossing on the London orbital route.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dartford Tunnel canonical 6
Dartford Tunnel (northbound) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river crossing
road tunnel
category Road tunnels in England
Transport in Essex
Transport in Kent
Tunnels under the River Thames
connects Dartford
Thurrock
country United Kingdom
crosses Thames
surface form: River Thames
directionOfTraffic northbound
emergencyExits cross-passages between tunnels
formsCrossingWith Queen Elizabeth II Bridge
function Thames crossing for M25
hasLaneCount two lanes per tunnel
hasStructureType bored tunnel
hazardousGoodsRestrictions yes
length approximately 1.4 km
locatedIn Dartford
surface form: Dartford, Kent

England
South East England
Thurrock
surface form: Thurrock, Essex
locatedNear Queen Elizabeth II Bridge
locatedOn M25 between junctions 1A and 31
managedBy National Highways
numberOfTunnels 2
opened 1963
openedBy Elizabeth II
surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
operator National Highways
owner Secretary of State for Transport
partOf Dartford Crossing
London orbital route
strategic road network
previousTollMethod toll booths
primaryUse vehicular traffic
regionServed Greater London
surface form: Greater London area

South East England
roadCarried M25 motorway
secondTunnelOpened 1980
status in use
toll yes
tollAppliesTo motor vehicles
tollBoothsRemoved 2014
tollCollectionMethod electronic
tollExemption motorcycles
tollSystem Dart Charge
trafficType motorway traffic

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

M25 motorway crossesVia Dartford Tunnel
Dartford hasLandmark Dartford Tunnel
M25 crossingStructure Dartford Tunnel
Dartford Crossing hasPart Dartford Tunnel
Queen Elizabeth II Bridge isSeparatedFrom Dartford Tunnel
this entity surface form: Dartford Tunnel (northbound)
Dart Charge appliesTo Dartford Tunnel
London orbital route usesRiverCrossing Dartford Tunnel