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	Road Traffic Technology - Addison Airport Toll Tunnel, Dallas, Texas, USA
		The Addison Airport Tunnel Project is part of the Dallas North Tollway System and extends Keller Springs Road under the Addison Airport property, the busiest general aviation airport in the State of Texas, and among the busiest in the USA.
		The ground cover above the tunnel crown is 10ft at the west portal, 18ft at the east portal and 28ft under the airport runway.
		Critical tunnel sections were modelled using FLAC, a finite difference code, to confirm the adequacy of the support systems, the stability of the excavations and also to predict the ground movement and stresses in the rock mass during each excavation phase.
	www.roadtraffic-technology.com /projects/addison (706 words)

	JLARC Report Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The CBBT is operated as a toll facility by the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
		The CBBT toll structure is based on the number of axles of the vehicles using the facility, and ranges from $10 for passenger cars to $36 for six-axle trucks.
		Toll revenue for the entire period is estimated to total just over $1.0 billion, and the total of all revenue is estimated at $1.3 billion.
	jlarc.state.va.us /Summary/Rpt287/CBBT.HTM (4397 words)

	CONGESTION RELIEF TOLL TUNNELS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In retrofit applications, existing toll lanes are equipped with transponders, and users are offered the opportunity to rent or purchase tags for their vehicles, in order to reduce the time needed to go through the toll lanes (typically at no more than 15-20 MPH, because of the narrow width of the toll lane).
		The cost of a tunnel depends considerably on the volume of material that must be excavated to create it, as well as on the surface area of its walls and the volume of air that must be moved in ventilating it.
		Toll revenues were assumed to grow at a rate of 6 percent per year (composed of 2 percent annual traffic increase plus 4 percent inflation).
	www.rppi.org /transportation/ps164.html (10282 words)

	Zublin Grenada - Tanteen Tunnel
		This preliminary engineering report is for a bypass tunnel as an alternative to a coastal ring road to provide a connection between the southern Tanteen Area and the northern St. John’s River Area of St George’s.
		This bypass tunnel would provide an enormous and sustainable relief to the environmental situation around the Carenage area of St George’s and enhance the potential of this area to become the major tourist attraction.
		The tunnel will be 625 metres (2,050 feet) long with 40 metres of approach road at the north end and 190 metres at the south end having an overall length 860 metres (2,820 feet or 0.53 miles).
	zublingrenada.com /tunnel1.html (769 words)

	Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
		In summary, the tunnel structure consists of prefabricated composite structural steel and reinforced concrete tube sections 37 feet in diameter and 300 feet long, sunk into place in a prepared trench in the seabed and covered with a minimum of 10 feet of selective backfill material, and connected together and finished inside.
		The portals of the tunnels are anchored on man-made islands constructed in 35 to 45 feet of water, and these islands provide a transition from the trestle roadway to the tunnel tubes.
		The existing 2-lane tunnel would be abandoned after the opening of the new 4-lane tunnel, and it would be allowed to remain in place until such time as the channel deepening project came to dredge the 63-foot-deep channel; and at that time the obstructing portion of the old tunnel would be demolished and removed.
	www.roadstothefuture.com /CBBT.html (4737 words)

	Addison Airport Toll Tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Addison Airport Toll Tunnel, also known as the Addison Airport Tunnel and the Addison Toll Tunnel, is part of the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) system and extends Keller Springs Road under the Addison Airport property.
		Currently, the toll charged on the Addison Airport Toll Tunnel is US$0c.50 for all classes of vehicles and TollTag users.
		Completed in 1999, the tunnel is approximately 1,600 feet (488 m) in length with a total roadway length of 3,700 feet (1,128 m).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Addison_Airport_Toll_Tunnel (257 words)

	SMART tunnel \| Tunnels \| Mott MacDonald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The dual-purpose tunnel will divert floodwaters away from the confluence of the two major rivers running through the city centre while its central section will double up as a two-deck motorway to relieve traffic congestion at the main southern gateway into the city centre.
		Then it was considered that the 11.8m internal diameter tunnel could be utilised in periods of low rainfall as a highway tunnel to alleviate Kuala Lumpur’s congested highway infrastructure.
		During the once or twice yearly heavy storms a switch is made to mode three when the tunnel is closed to road traffic and the full tunnel section with a combined capacity of 3 million cubic metres becomes available to divert the dramatically increased flows.
	www.tunnels.mottmac.com /projects/?mode=type&id=2047 (601 words)

	Maryland @ AARoads.com - Interstate 895
		At the time this photo was taken, the toll for the Harbor Tunnel (Interstate 895) and the Fort McHenry Tunnel (Interstate 95) was $1; the tunnel toll was 40 cents when the tunnel was first opened to traffic in 1957.
		There are no such shields left south of the tunnel (although we have a photo of one that was in place as recently as 2001 in the vicinity of the truss bridge).
		The toll plaza is at the south end of the tunnel, between the tunnel and the truss bridge over the railroad yards.
	www.aaroadtrips.com /i-895_md.html (2939 words)

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		A rear end collision early yesterday afternoon on the northbound approach to the toll plaza of the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel set off a fire in a Chevy van and trapped a passenger who was burned to death before he could be gotten out.
		Although the crash occurred on the approach to the toll plaza toll collection delays may not have been responsible for the fatal backup.
		One of the two lanes of the tunnel northbound had been closed because of a disabled vehicle so traffic was unable to move normally into the tunnel and away from the toll plaza, slowing throughput.
	tollroadsnews.info /artman/publish/article_1528.shtml (281 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| India tunnel collapse toll rises
		The number of dead from the collapse of a tunnel at a dam project in the northern Indian state of Uttaranchal has risen to 26, officials say.
		Correspondents say that the tunnel was being strengthened when boulders fell on it, causing it to collapse.
		The tunnel is part of a controversial hydro-electric power project which has seen massive protests from environmentalists for years, including the Booker Prize winning author, Arundhati Roy.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/3530038.stm (409 words)

	Holland Tunnel (I-78)
		Two proposals were initially floated for the "Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel," or the "Canal Street Tunnel." The first proposal, presented by the firm Jacobs and Davies, called for a bi-level tunnel measuring 31 feet in diameter.
		Tunnels under the Hudson River were not new: the first trans-Hudson rail tunnel opened in 1910.
		Tunnel personnel in tunnel to the west of the fire scene promptly evacuated occupants on foot to New Jersey, and started backing vehicles out of tunnel.
	www.nycroads.com /crossings/holland (2782 words)

	American Underground-Construction Association's Featured Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Starting in September 1997, tunneling crews have been constructing a two-lane vehicular toll tunnel under the Addison Airport, located in the Dallas Texas metropolitan area.
		The ground cover above the tunnel crown is 10-ft at the west portal, 18-ft at the east portal and 28-ft under the airport runway.
		The finished tunnel concrete dimensions are 36-ft wide at spring line and 22-ft high at the crown.
	www.auca.org /month/project0998.html (632 words)

	The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey - Tunnels
		In New Jersey, this highway connects the tunnel with U.S. Routes 1 and 9, 3 and the New Jersey Turnpike.
		The Lincoln Tunnel Expressway and Dyer Avenue in Manhattan connect the tunnel and local city streets from West 42nd Street south to West 30th Street.
		It runs from the New Jersey Turnpike to the Lincoln Tunnel in one of the normally westbound lanes of New Jersey route 495.
	www.panynj.gov /CommutingTravel/tunnels/html/lincoln.html (396 words)

	Sec. 129. Toll roads, bridges, tunnels, and ferries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		If the State certifies annually that the tolled facility is being adequately maintained, the State may use any toll revenues in excess of amounts required under the preceding sentence for any purpose for which Federal funds may be obligated by a State under this title.
		The toll facility in Orange County, California, may be located in more than 1 highway corridor to relieve congestion on existing interstate routes in such County.
		The Federal share payable for construction of a new bridge, tunnel, or approach thereto or for reconstruction or replacement of a bridge, tunnel, or approach thereto shall be such percentage as the Secretary determines but not to exceed 80 percent.
	www.washingtonwatchdog.org /documents/usc/ttl23/ch1/sec129.html (2073 words)

	National Alliance Against Tolls - England
		The Dartford Crossing is in fact 3 crossings (two 2 lane tunnels opened in 1963 and 1980 and a four lane bridge opened in 1991) which carry London's outer orbital motorway, the M25, across the Thames.
		A four lane tunnel to Birkenhead and A41 was opened in 1934, and a pair of two lane tunnels to Wallasey and M53 were opened in 1971 and 1974.
		The toll is one pound for cars but is only payable in east bound direction (Cornwall to Devon), with higher tolls for trucks.
	www.notolls.org.uk /england.htm (2585 words)

	Irish Trucker News \| NRA plans E5 lorry toll on Limerick tunnel
		Costs of the proposed tolls, they say, are consistent with the European average.
		It is thought that the toll will generate revenue of around E20 million in its first year of business.
		The road death toll for the year has risen to 140 after five people were killed in a 24 hour period during the Bank Holiday weekend.
	www.irishtrucker.com /news/news_detail.asp?nid=372 (336 words)

	Toll Road Failures
		New toll roads would be financed with tax-exempt bonds on a stand-alone basis -- taxpayers would not be responsible for repaying any debt if toll revenues fall short.
		If a toll is put on the road, the traffic will be even less than shown in the EES, and the tolls would have to be astronomical to make it a paying proposition.
		A community liaison group member for the tunnel testified that the narrowing of lanes on adjacent, free roads came as a shock to area residents.
	www.i69tour.org /failedtollrds.html (3144 words)

	Alaska Roads - Whittier access road photos
		The new highway project included conversion of that tunnel to a combined auto/rail tunnel, with carefully-controlled alternating phases for eastbound cars and trucks, westbound cars and trucks, and trains (on a pair of tracks embedded in the new roadway).
		Also part of the new highway is a short two-lane tunnel under Begich Peak, at mile 5.3 (from the Seward Highway), west of the toll booths for the Anton Anderson tunnel.
		See the tunnel's official website for more details such as tolls (starting at $12, charged eastbound only), the time slots when the tunnel will be open to traffic headed your way, and also lots more photos (including some I couldn't take, such as construction photos and others taken inside the tunnel).
	www.alaskaroads.com /photos-whittier-access.htm (712 words)

	Lincoln Tunnel (NY 495-NJ 495)
		Plans for the tunnel were first announced in 1930, when the Port Authority proposed a $62 million, twin-tube tunnel under the Hudson River between West 38th Street and Weehawken, New Jersey.
		The Hudson River tunnel project was to be constructed in conjunction with an East River (Queens-Midtown) Tunnel between East 38th Street and Long Island City, Queens.
		At the New Jersey portal in Weehawken, construction is underway to reconstruct the Lincoln Tunnel toll plaza.
	www.nycroads.com /crossings/lincoln (1358 words)

	NTTA: Roadways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This two-lane tunnel crossing under the Addison Airport is approximately 1,600 feet in length, with a total roadway length of 3,700 feet.
		The tunnel expands traffic capacity and eases congestion in the northern sector of Dallas and Addison by providing an east-west route between the Dallas North Tollway and IH 35E under the Addison Airport runway.
		Description: Two-lane tunnel, approximately 1,600 feet in length, with a total roadway length of 3,700 feet.
	www.ntta.org /AboutUs/Roadways/AddisonAirportTollTunnel.htm (109 words)

	Fort McHenry Tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The world's first tunnel sections with both horizontal and vertical curvature were required to avoid tunneling beneath Ft. McHenry.
		It is a toll tunnel, maintained by the MTA.
		The tunnel lies on the I-95 between exits 55 and 57.
	www.ce.jhu.edu /mdcive/forttunnel.htm (199 words)

	Sound Eco Adventures - Virtual Drive from Girdwood to the Whittier Tunnel
		Until a few years ago the tunnel was railroad-only, so people bound for Whittier either drove onto the train's flatcars or parked their cars and stepped into the train's passenger cars.
		Just past the last driveway to the visitor center is a bridge over Portage Creek, followed by a short tunnel to Bear Valley, where the Whittier Tunnel staging area is. As you cross the bridge, glance to your right for a view of Portage Lake and (usually) some icebergs.
		See the tunnel toll page for current info, including the schedule.
	www.alaska.net /~sea/anchwhit2.html (768 words)

	Highway tunnel crash toll reaches nine \| \| The Australian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		THE death toll from Saturday's bus crash in an eastern Switzerland highway tunnel has risen to nine dead, police said.
		The Viamala crash was Switzerland's worst highway tunnel accident since 2001, when 11 people were killed in a collision between two trucks in the Gotthard tunnel.
		Authorities said the 750m-long tunnel was expected to remain closed until Friday.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20437361-1702,00.html (172 words)

	Privatization Watch, outsourcing, compettion, sourcing, Geoffrey Segal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The European project that is most directly relevant is the toll tunnel project to complete the missing link in the A-86 ring road of Paris.
		French toll road company Cofiroute proposed a toll tunnel solution and proceeded to win a long-term concession to develop and operate it.
		But tolls would add a powerful new source of revenue, permitting the issuance of billions of dollars worth of toll revenue bonds at the outset of the project.
	www.rppi.org /urbantolltunnels.html (910 words)

	Welcome to MTA Bridges and Tunnels
		Largest among the nation's bridge and tunnel toll authorities in terms of traffic volume, MTA Bridges and Tunnels serves more than a million people daily in the New York metropolitan area.
		Bridges and Tunnels evolved from the Triborough Bridge Authority, a public benefit corporation created by the New York State Legislature in 1933 to build the Triborough Bridge when the city's attempts were halted by the Depression.
		Since that time, bridge and tunnel tolls have contributed more than $12 billion to subsidize fares and underwrite capital improvements for New York City Transit, the Long Island Rail Road, and the Metro-North Railroad.
	www.mta.nyc.ny.us /bandt/html/btintro.htm (455 words)

	The World Today - Cross city Tunnel announces toll free period in face of criticism
		The toll itself tends to undermine the purpose for building the road in the first place.
		And there seems to be growing dissatisfaction and distrust of toll roads and the politicians who endorse them.
		If we look back to the commencement of the Eastern Distributor back in 1999, to the commencement of the M2 some years before that, there were equally negative views about road closures, the level of the toll and the amount of rat running that people had to do to avoid paying the toll.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2005/s1481413.htm (1132 words)

	FPB welcomes fresh debate on Mersey tunnel toll charges
		As a result of the Bill being passed tunnel users are likely to be hit with a toll increase in line with inflation from spring 2005.
		Merseytravel is making enough cash from the tunnel tolls, a reported surplus of £12m based on the present charges.
		FPB member Grenville Jefferies of HE Rowlands and Co a haulage firm in Garston said the tunnel toll should be reduced or abolished.
	www.fpb.co.uk /YR_ier9o5lMmUA.html (667 words)

	Australia: Temporary Toll Tunnel Truce
		Cross City Motorway CEO Graham Mulligan announced today that it would slash the toll on Sydney, Australia's Cross City Tunnel and re-open twelve roads that had been closed to force motorists into the pay tunnel.
		A quarter of the bus lanes that were either installed or planned to take away general purpose automobile lanes on nearby free roads will be removed.
		A scathing parliamentary report on mismanagement of the tunnel contract was released last week.
	www.thenewspaper.com /news/09/996.asp (298 words)

	Australia: Parliament Report Calls for Toll Tunnel Discount
		A parliamentary report released yesterday called for major reforms in Sydney, Australia's Cross City Tunnel toll road -- including an immediate reduction in the charge to use the tunnel and the re-opening of nearby streets.
		The New South Wales Joint Select Committee outlined a series of missteps that led up to the tunnel's August 2005 opening and the subsequent closing of adjacent roads in an attempt to force frustrated motorists onto the pay route.
		The primary motivation for the tunnel was to secure the best possible "no cost" deal for the government to build the tunnel.
	www.thenewspaper.com /news/09/988.asp (421 words)

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