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	Kingsway Underpass
		The Kingsway Underpass is a cut and cover tunnel in London that was built for trams, and runs from Southampton Row in Holborn, passes under the whole length of Kingsway, and emerges under Waterloo Bridge[?].
		The floor of the tunnel was lowered in 1930 and 1931 to accommodate double decker trams.
		Not to be confused with the Kingsway Tunnel in Liverpool.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ki/Kingsway_Underpass.html (183 words)

	Station Information - Queensway Tunnel
		The Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey in Merseyside, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead.
		The tunnel was opened on July 18, 1934 by King George V and Queen Mary in honour of whom the tunnel is named.
		Later on, demand dictated the construction of a further tunnel, the Kingsway Tunnel.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/q/qu/queensway_tunnel.html (247 words)

	Kingsway Tunnel - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Kingsway Tunnel is a traffic tunnel under the River Mersey in Merseyside, northwest England, between Liverpool and Wallasey.
		It was built between 1966 and 1971 when the Queensway Tunnel between Liverpool and Birkenhead was no longer able to cope with the volume of traffic and was opened in June 1971 by Queen Elizabeth II.
		FM radio reception for all major stations is available throughout the length of the tunnel.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Kingsway_Tunnel (194 words)

	River Mersey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The conurbation on its banks near the coast is known as Merseyside.
		Two road tunnels run under the Mersey at Liverpool: the older Queensway Tunnel (opened 1934) connecting with Birkenhead, and the Kingsway Tunnel (opened 1971) connecting with Wallasey.
		There is also a railway tunnel dating back to the 1880s, which carries passenger services on the Merseyrail franchise.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Mersey (280 words)

	Mersey on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mersey Tunnel or Queensway, a vehicular tunnel (opened 1934) with a length of 2.3 mi (3.7 km), is the longest subaqueous tunnel in the world; it connects Liverpool and Birkenhead.
		Kingsway Tunnel (1.5 mi/2.4 km long; opened 1971) connects Liverpool and Wallasey.
		The Mersey River is of great commercial importance to the cities served by it, especially Liverpool and Manchester.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Mersey.asp (370 words)

	House of Commons - Mersey Tunnels Bill - Minutes of Evidence
		The second tunnel is the Kingsway Tunnel and it is sometimes called the Wallasey Tunnel because it runs to Wallasey on the Wirral.
		To that extent the tunnels are an anomaly in that they are primarily a structure for private vehicles whereas the PTA and PTE's function is in respect of public transport otherwise.
		The tunnels are not, however, the PTA's sole responsibility in relation to crossing the River Mersey since the PTA also owns and operates the Mersey ferries and those operate under a charter and they are bound to continue running them even if it is an uneconomic operation.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/ld200203/ldselect/ldmersey/3013003.htm (1184 words)

	Timbo's Liverpool - River Mersey
		The tunnel was officially opened by King George V on 18 July 1934 and was named Queensway, in honour of Queen Mary who was also present.
		Twenty five years later, the popularity of the Queensway tunnel and the resulting traffic led to a study which concluded that a second tunnel would be built.
		Specialist drilling machinery was used and the Kingsway tunnel was opened on 24 June 1971 by Queen Elizabeth II.
	www.timbosliverpool.co.uk /mersey (628 words)

	Queensway Tunnel - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In the 1920s, there were concerns about the long queues of cars and lorries at the Mersey Ferry terminal and in 1925, the construction of the first Mersey Tunnel started to a design by consulting engineer Basil Mott.
		The tunnel entrances, toll booths and ventilation building exteriors were designed by architect Herbert James Rowse, who is frequently but incorrectly credited with the whole civil engineering project.
		It cost £8,000,000 to build, and 1,200,000 tons of rock, gravel and clay were excavated, with some of this rubble being used to build Otterspool Promenade.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Queensway_Tunnel (348 words)

	Mersey Tunnels
		Traffic levels through the tunnels may be affected by increases in motoring costs, by changes to the local economy or by high-cost emergency repairs requiring lane closures within the tunnels.
		Therefore the local legislation relating to the tunnels needs amendment to allow this and to ensure that tolls can continue to be levied even once all of the various loans taken out to finance the tunnels' construction and operation have been repaid.
		Traffic noise on the Wirral approaches to the Kingsway Tunnel has long been a problem to householders affected by it and in order to overcome the lack of any power to deal with this the Authority considers that it is necessary and appropriate to seek specific provisions for noise insulation works and grants.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200102/cmprbill/003/02003x--.htm (1449 words)

	BBC News \| HEALTH \| Ambulance 'delayed over £1.20 toll'
		A cashier at the Kingsway Tunnel - also known as the Wallasey tunnel - is believed to have refused to let the ambulance through until the driver paid the toll.
		The vehicle was reportedly only allowed through the tunnel barrier when an ambulance technician travelling in the back of the vehicle with the patient provided the cash.
		The tunnel, opened in 1971 by the Queen, is one of two tunnels built under the river Mersey to connect Liverpool with the Wirral peninsula.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/health/newsid_606000/606739.stm (461 words)

	From omnibus to ecobus, 1851-1875, 4th page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The first successful attempt at tunnelling beneath London was a tunnel built under the Thames from Rotherhithe on the south side to Wapping on the north.
		Often punned as the 'Great Bore', the tunnel finally opened in March 1843 with a great procession and cheers for the ailing and aged Brunel, who had overcome flooding, financial problems and derision from the press, to realise this engineering miracle.
		The tunnel was originally designed to accommodate two carriages and a footpath, but lack of funds to build the necessary approach ramps for vehicles meant that it ended up solely as a pedestrian tunnel.
	www.ltmuseum.co.uk /learning/online_resources/ecobus_omnibus/pg/1851c.htm (943 words)

	Underground History - Kingsway Underpass
		In the mid '70s, a large section of the tunnelling was converted for use as a road tunnel with a new entrance at Waterloo and a new ramp way just south of Holborn.
		A recent and entertaining use for the erstwhile tunnel entrance was on the recent movie The Avengers where it was portrayed as an entrance to a secret bunker under the Thames.
		On the tunnel's floor, the original tram rails and electrical conduits could clearly be seen leading towards the tunnel's Aldwych station.
	underground-history.co.uk /kwupass.php (2048 words)

	Encyclopedia: Kingsway Tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage.
		Ferry across the Mersey, June 2005 The River Mersey is a river in the north west of England.
		Location within the British Isles Arms of the former Wallasey County Borough Council Wallasey is a large town on the mouth of the River Mersey on the tip of the Wirral.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kingsway-Tunnel (634 words)

	Amalgamated Construction Ltd: Company Overview
		The crossing was built between 1966 and 1973 and comprises twin tunnels (called the south and north tunnels), each with two traffic lanes connecting Liverpool and Wallasey under the river Mersey.
		Where the tunnels pass below the river Mersey, the cover between the crown of the tunnels and the riverbed varies between 7 m and 15 m.
		An essential part of the contract was the ability of AMCO to mobilise all necessary plant and equipment into the tunnel during nightly tunnel closures and removal at the end of each shift to allow the tunnels to re-open.
	www.amco-construction.co.uk /news/latestnews.cfm?newsID=85 (1184 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		We frequently operate as principal contractor for tunnel refurbishment and strengthening projects and this level of experience provides a wealth of knowledge for tackling the most complex and demanding of projects with a surety born of that experience.
		In particular our construction leaksealing techniques are utilised in tunnels, where the use of injection resins, specifically developed for dealing with water penetration issues, can allow the improvement of water control and the minimisation of work for drainage systems within the tunnel.
		The twin tunnels of the structure are constructed in part of brick and it is within these sections that we have carried out night-time possession working using injection resins and waterproofing mortars as well as other resin grouts to treat the track blocks in the tunnel invert.
	www.balvac.co.uk /capabilities/tunnels.html (409 words)

	Kingsway tram subway
		The Kingsway subway was opened as far as Aldwych by the LCC on 24 February 1906, using specially built single deck trams.
		The North portal to the Kingsway tunnel in September 2003.
		At the tunnel entrance there are also locked gates, with lights beyond in the tunnel.
	www.yellins.com /transporthistory/bus4/subway.html (544 words)

	UK-Liverpool: command and control system (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Queensway Tunnel is a single bore tunnel opened in 1934 with four traffic lanes that link Liverpool to Birkenhead.
		The Kingsway Tunnel opened in 1971 and comprises two separate bores with two lanes in each that link Liverpool to Wallasey.
		The object of this contract therefore is to provide the two Mersey Tunnels PIRs with a sophisticated and resilient command and control system integrated with radio, telephony, public address and intercom via na integrated communications control system (ICCS) including digital voice recording of all PIR audio.
	www.dgmarket.com /eproc/eu-notice.do~980181 (965 words)

	Kingsway Tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Kingsway Tunnel is a tunnel under the River Mersey in Merseyside in thenorth west of England, between Liverpool and Wallasey.
		It was built between 1966 and 1971 when the Queensway Tunnel between Liverpool and Birkenhead was no longer sufficient to cope with thetraffic.
		In a study following the fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel,inspectors from the European Union rated the Kingsway Tunnel as "good",one of only eight to receive that rating in Europe.
	www.therfcc.org /kingsway-tunnel-142357.html (115 words)

	News Article \| Merseytravel \| Keeping Merseyside on the Move
		The Kingsway Tunnel has the best all-round safety record of any road tunnel in the UK according to the latest inspection under the European Tunnel Assessment Programme initiative.
		The Kingsway was among 49 tunnels in the latest inspection which is part of a three year programme covering 150 tunnels over 1,000 metres long throughout Europe.
		The Kingsway is still the UK’s only road tunnel which to receive a ‘good’ rating and, built 34 years ago, is the oldest in Europe to fall in this category.
	www.merseytravel.gov.uk /newsarticle.asp?articleid=595&catid=1 (409 words)

	Wallasey
		Wallasey is a town on the mouth of the River Mersey on the tip of the Wirral[?].
		The town is built up of severn townships (Liscard[?], Seacombe[?], Egremont[?], New Brighton[?], Wallasey Village[?], Poulton[?] and Leasowe) these villages all grew into eachother when the Kingsway Tunnel under the River Mersey from Liverpool opened in 1934.
		Every 20 minutes a bus leaves New Brighton and travels through the Kingsway Tunnel, Seacombe is the home of one of the Mersey Ferry terminals and New Brighton & Wallasey Village have a rail link into Birkenhead and Liverpool Lime Street Station[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wa/Wallasey.html (162 words)

	Encyclopedia: Queensway Tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the 1920s, there were concerns about the long queues of cars and lorries at the Mersey Ferry terminal, and in 1925, the construction of the first Mersey Tunnel started to a design by consulting engineer Sir Basil Mott.
		The tunnel entrances, toll booths and ventilation building exteriors were designed by architect Herbet Rouse, who is frequently but incorrectly credited with the whole Civil Engineering project.
		The Mersey Ferry is a ferry across the River Mersey in Merseyside, north west England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead / Seacombe.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Queensway-Tunnel (814 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| England \| Tunnel tolls rise to boost safety
		But Mark Dowd, chairman of tunnel operators Merseytravel, says tolls will have to rise to meet the cost of the revamp.
		The £3.2m creation of new escape passages is already under way in the Kingsway tunnel, which opened in the 1970s, linking Wallasey to Liverpool.
		But unlike Queensway, Kingsway uses two tubes within the tunnel to separate the traffic flows.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/2000454.stm (310 words)

	Queensway Tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The tunnel was opened on July 18, 1934 byKing George V and Queen Mary in honourof whom the tunnel is named.
		It cost £8,000,000 to build, and 1,200,000 tons of rock, gravel and clay were excavated, with some of thisrubble being used to build Otterspool Promenade.
		Now, it is used to monitor the tunnel's 10,660 cracks, and to pump out waterseeped in from the Mersey.
	www.therfcc.org /queensway-tunnel-142355.html (236 words)

	BBC - Liverpool - In Pictures - Tunnel Webcams
		Queensway Tunnel Live views of the traffic entering and exiting the Queensway tunnel in Liverpool city centre.
		Kingsway Tunnel Watch the traffic heading into and out of the Liverpool end of the Kingsway tunnel.
		Kingsway Tunnel A live view of the traffic entering and leaving the Wallasey end of the Kingsway Tunnel.
	www.html2text.com /HTML2Text/text802337+5n94/liverpool/in_pictures/webcams/tunnel/index.shtml (180 words)

	The Road Haulage Association \| Northern Region \| Regional News Item (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Kingsway Mersey Tunnel was built between 1968 and 1974 and was, when opened, the best that technology could offer.
		The work is to construct three new linking passages between the twin bore tunnels, to provide rapid escape routes in the event of fire or any major incident.
		Costing just over £2 million, the work will be carried out in a way that will cause the minimum of disruption to the 45,00 vehicles that use the tunnels each day.
	www.rha.net /public/rha/northern/020104.3.shtml (140 words)

	Kingsway Tunnel: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Kingsway Tunnel
		Kingsway Tunnel: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Kingsway Tunnel
		In a study following the fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel, inspectors from the European Union rated the Kingsway Tunnel as "good", one of only eight in Europe.
		There is also a railway tunnel under the Mersey, built between 1880 and 1886.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ki/Kingsway-Tunnel.html (145 words)

	Some points were made about the...: 9 Jul 2002: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		I want to deal with the history of the tunnels and of their financing, together with the nature, role and powers of the PTA, because that is crucial in setting the Bill in context.
		The Bill relates to the Mersey tunnels, which comprise the road tunnel between Liverpool and Birkenhead—the Queensway tunnel, also known as the Birkenhead tunnel—and the two road tunnels between Liverpool and Wallasey called the Kingsway tunnel, but also known, unsurprisingly, as the Wallasey tunnel.
		For both sides of the Mersey, the tunnel is a vital artery and a daily lifeline.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /debate?id=2002-07-09.836.6 (810 words)

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