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	Kingsway Tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kingsway Tunnel is a tunnel under the River Mersey in Merseyside in the north 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 the traffic.
		FM radio reception for all major stations is available throughout the length of the tunnel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kingsway_Tunnel (143 words)

	List of tunnels in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tunnels in the United Kingdom is a link page for any road, railway, waterway or other form of tunnel, anywhere in the United Kingdom.
		Saltash Tunnel connecting the Tamar Bridge and the A38.
		The London Underground includes 171 km of tunnels, with some Northern Line trains running continuously in tunnel for 27.8 km between Morden and East Finchley via Bank.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_tunnels_in_the_United_Kingdom (131 words)

	Queensway Tunnel -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In the 1920s, there were concerns about the long queues of cars and lorries at the (Click link for more info and facts about Mersey Ferry) Mersey Ferry terminal, and in 1925, the construction of the first Mersey Tunnel started to a design by Herbert Rouse.
		The tunnel was opened on July 18, 1934 by King (King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1910 to 1936; gave up his German title in 1917 during World War I (1865-1936)) George V and Queen Mary in honour of whom the tunnel is named.
		Originally it was planned to run electric (A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity) trams through it, but it was used to house a gas pipe which was later abandoned.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/q/qu/queensway_tunnel.htm (243 words)

	The Tunnel Link Page 3, edited by Gunnar Lotsberg
		The tunnel was opened to the public by King George V on 18th July 1934 and, in honour of Queen Mary, who was also at the opening ceremony, it was named Queensway.
		Kanetsu tunnel was completed 10,926 m at the one term construction and 11,010 m at the two term construction, and becomes the longest road tunnel in Japan.
		The tunnel when it opens is the longest underwater tunnel in the world, with its north tube 8,558 feet long and its south tube 8,371 feet long.
	home.no.net /lotsberg/link_3.html (1453 words)

	Amalgamated Construction Ltd: Company Overview
		The first contract was for the Mersey Kingsway Tunnel (the Wallasey Tunnel) and the current contract is for the Mersey Queensway Tunnel (the Birkenhead Tunnel).
		Tunnel operator Merseytravel awarded specialist tunnelling contractor Amco Donelon the first, £2.2M, contract to build three 3.3m diameter cross passages between the twin bores of the Kingsway Tunnel.
		The Queensway contract includes the construction of additional emergency escape facilities to new chambers to be constructed under the road deck in the single bore Tunnel including the provision and installation of associated mechanical and electrical services.
	www.amco-construction.co.uk /news/latestnews.cfm?newsID=152 (591 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.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200102/cmprbill/003/02003x--.htm (1449 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.
		Approximately 200,000 people attended the ceremony and, when the tunnel was opened to the public, thousands of people were given the unique opportunity to walk through it for the price of 6d.
		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.
	www.timbosliverpool.co.uk /mersey (628 words)

	icLiverpool - Tunnel vision to be proud of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Anything but a museum piece, the £8m tunnel, opened on July 18, 1934, by King George V and Queen Mary (after whom it is named), continues to perform its original function just as effectively now as 70 years ago.
		Queensway's designed lifespan was to be 100 years, but if we keep up the high standard of maintenance and upgrading, there is no reason why it can't go on way beyond that," says Mr Gillard.
		There were 17 deaths during the construction of Queensway and during the tunnel's Diamond Jubilee Celebration (in 1994) a plaque was erected in their memory.
	icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=14440195&method=full&siteid=50061&headline=tunnel-vision-to-be-proud-of-name_page.html (1867 words)

	Port Cities: - The Mersey Road Tunnels
		A road tunnel was possible because of the earlier construction of the railway tunnel.
		The Municipal Committee chose the tunnel and the people of Merseyside went to the polls on 6 and 7 May 1925 to vote on whether there should be a tunnel.
		Posters were placed throughout Bootle, Birkenhead, Liverpool and Wallasey urging citizens to vote for the tunnel, giving such reasons as ‘a vote for the tunnel is a vote for employment on Merseyside’ and informing voters that Merseyside’s wealth relied on the tunnel.
	www.mersey-gateway.org /server.php?show=ConNarrative.7&chapterId=27 (451 words)

	House of Commons - Mersey Tunnels Bill - Minutes of Evidence
		The Mersey tunnels are in no sense unique as tunnels but they do endlessly have to revisit the question of escape routes, the position of the Fire Brigade for reaching the scene of a fire, the problems of fumes in tunnels which could hinder escape and rescue as well as fire fighting.
		A replacement of the fire main in the Queensway Tunnel has been commissioned, additional crosstube escape passageways have been provided in the Kingsway Tunnel, work is now underway on devising improved new escape ways in the Queensway Tunnel, making use of the space in the large invert under the carriageways.
		I can see the point that Mersey Tunnel are leading to is that there are vital works that need to be carried out and that is one of the reasons why I am curious to know who funded this report that is central to Merseytravel's case, that expensive monies need to be spent on infrastructure.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/ld200203/ldselect/ldmersey/3013005.htm (1666 words)

	BBC - Liverpool Local History - Underground - Queensway Tunnel - Opening
		As the national anthem played and the curtains began to rise, few were aware that the electrical mechanism had failed and instead two men were stationed either side, raising the curtains with hand cranks.
		The Royal car led the way through the tunnel to Birkenhead, where three miles of crowds awaited their arrival, clambering on roof tops and hanging on to chimneys to obtain a better viewpoint.
		In the days that followed, the tunnel turned into something of a tourist attraction, with crowds watching the steady flow of traffic travelling between Liverpool and Birkenhead.
	www.bbc.co.uk /liverpool/localhistory/journey/underground/queensway_tunnel/opening.shtml (308 words)

	Queensway Tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		Mott supervised the construction in association with John Brodie, who, as City Engineer of Liverpool, had co-ordinated the feasibility studies made by Sir Maurice FitzMaurice and 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Queensway_Tunnel (320 words)

	THE SJS FILES -Photograph of Liverpool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The spoils from the tunnel construction were used to create the Otterspool Promenade.
		The cost of operating the Tunnel is met by a Toll, currently £1.20 per journey.
		Faced with growing congestion a second tunnel has since been constructed, and is now in use, its name: Kingsway.
	www.sjsfiles.btinternet.co.uk /img0040.htm (182 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)

	The Engineering Timelines Map of The British Isles
		Queensway Road Tunnel was opened by King George V in July 1934.
		The centre portion, under the river, is circular in cross-section, with an internal diameter of 44ft.
		To cope with increased traffic demand, a sister tunnel, Kingsway Road Tunnel, was constructed a little downstream in the 1970s.
	www.engineering-timelines.com /scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=538 (120 words)

	Queensway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey
		Queensway is Britain's first pedestrianized precinct in Stevenage.
		Queensway is a road in northern Hemel Hempstead, very near Hemel Hempstead General Hospital in Hillfield Road.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/Q/Queensway.htm (158 words)

	Amalgamated Construction Ltd: Company Overview
		The four lane, single bore tunnel was opened in 1934 and is the longest tunnelled estuarial road crossing in the UK.
		During this occupation, all materials and plant for the new works have to be lowered in to the under deck area and all the debris from the road deck and wall demolition has to be removed from the below road deck area through a 2m x 2m manhole opening in the road.
		The Queensway Contract will be managed, as was the previous Kingsway Contract, as a partnership between Mersey Tunnels, their Design Consultant, Mott MacDonald and Amco Donelon.
	www.amco-construction.co.uk /news/latestnews.cfm?newsID=143 (526 words)

	Scrap the tolls idea just 'beggars belief' - This Is Wirral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Work began on the Queensway Tunnel in 1925 and because of the age of the infrastructure, it is in constant need of repair.
		The media and public campaigned vigorously for another crossing and the timescale to repay the debt was of secondary concern.
		Since the Kingsway Tunnel opened in the early 1970's, the combined traffic using tunnels has grown steadily and despite toll rises on average every three years.
	archive.thisiswirral.co.uk /2003/02/21/3772.html (667 words)

	News: General - 28/04/2000
		Three tunnels in England –; the Tyne Tunnel, and the two Mersey Tunnels – were among 25 looked at by experts on major European routes in Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium and Germany.
		The operators of the Dartford Tunnel, which carries 150,000 vehicles a day and is the busiest in Europe, refused to allow the inspection, along with the operators of four Italian tunnels.
		Among the recommendations made by the inspectors were for all tunnels in Europe were for the installation of improved ventilation systems, and for escape chambers or rescue rooms, and lay-bys or emergency lanes, to be installed.
	www.hoot-uk.com /content/news/archive/general/2000/28042000-2.html (550 words)

	BBC - Liverpool - In Pictures - Tunnel Webcams
		Live views of the traffic entering and exiting the Queensway tunnel in Liverpool city centre.
		Take a virtual drive through the Queensway Tunnel, ending your journey at the Pier Head.
		Queensway tunnel now has seven refuges to provide shelter for motorists in an emergency.
	212.58.224.82 /liverpool/in_pictures/webcams/tunnel/index.shtml (132 words)

	Queensway (London) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Queensway (London) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Queensway (London) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Queensway (London).
		Queensway is a bustling cosmopolitan street in the Bayswater neighbourhood of West London.
		Both Bayswater tube station and Queensway tube station are located on this street.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Queensway-London.html (155 words)

	Tunnel work thretens chaos - This Is Wirral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The road through the tunnel is to be resurfaced in a project taking eight weeks some time between January and Easter 2001.
		But a spokesperson for Merseytravel has assured commuters who use the tunnel that disruption will be kept to a minimum.
		He says that salt laid on the roads in icy weather has been driven into the tunnel on vehicle wheels over time and corroded the road surface.
	archive.thisiswirral.co.uk /2000/11/01/11335.html (309 words)

	BigDig
		Kingsway Tunnel: The Liverpool to Wallasey tunnel will be closed on Tuesday, 25th October from 0945 to 1530 for general repairs as will the Wallasey to Liverpool tunnel on Thursday, 27th October.
		Queensway Tunnel: The Liverpool to Birkenhead tunnel will be closed from Monday, 24th October to Thursday, 27th October from 1930 to 0630 for cleaning.
		The Birkenhead to Liverpool tunnel will be closed for the same reasons from Monday, 31st October to Thursday, 3rd November from 1930 to 0630.
	www.bigdig.liverpool.gov.uk /getting/index.asp?mode=graphics (3412 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| England \| Tunnel tolls rise to boost safety
		Mersey tunnel tolls will have to rise to cover an estimated £14m safety improvements scheme.
		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)

	icLiverpool - Kingsway tunnel is one of safest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		But the study of 30 European tunnels by road organisations including Britain's AA, said there is still lots of room for improvement in safety.
		The Queensway Tunnel (Birkenhead) was rated 21st in the list of 30.
		The Queensway was " acceptable" and the Kingsway (Wallasey) "good" but none of the 30 tunnels warranted a "very good" rating.
	icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=11816164&method=full&siteid=50061 (286 words)

	Walkers' great day down under - This Is Wirral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		THE Queensway Birkenhead tunnel banned traffic and opened its lanes for the public to enjoy a unique experience on Sunday with the under-river walk in aid of North West Cancer Research.
		The second time the Queensway tunnel has been open to the public, it was an enjoyable walk but certainly different.
		Walking through the 'old tunnel' at a brisk pace took me about 30 minutes and it does seem longer than 2.1 miles, although this impression probably has something do with the bends and the climb compared with the straight 1.75 mile Kingsway tunnel from Wallasey to Liverpool.
	archive.thisiswirral.co.uk /1999/06/17/14806.html (461 words)

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