Road Tunnels in United Kingdom
Edited by: Eugenio A. Merzagora
10th revision – May 2009
Tunnel Length (m) Date of
opening		 Region County Notes Road
Mersey Queensway 3 237 18.07.1934 NOW ME Subaqueous tunnel, Liverpool  
Mersey Kingsway 2 483 24.06.1971 NOW ME Two tubes. Subaqueous tunnel, Liverpool  
Stonehenge 2 100 - SOW WT Second tube: 2000 m. Project erased on 06.12.2007 A303
Hindhead bypass 1 900 2011 SOE SU Second tube: 1900 m. Breakthrough Feb. 2009 A3
Limehouse Link 1 800 17.05.1993 SOE LO River Thames, London  
Rotherhithe 1 705 12.06.1908 SOE LO River Thames, London  
Tyne 1 645 1967 NOR NT Town Newcastle. Second tube: 1645 m (2011, works start: 2008) A19
Dartford 1 436 18.11.1963 SOE LO Second tube: 1429 m (05.1980). River Thames, London A282
Hatfield 1 400 1986 SOE HF Second tube: 1400 m A1
Blackwall 1 362 22.05.1897 SOE LO River Thames, London. Second tube: 1201 m (2.08.1967) A102
Heathrow airport 1 300 03.2005 SOE LO Second tube: 1300 m. Two bores 8.1m diameter, concrete segmental lining, private tunnel located "Airside" at Heathrow Airport.  
Worthing - Lancing 1 200       Second tube: 1200 m A27
Conwy 1 089 1991 WAL CN Two tubes. Under Conwy estuary, North Wales A55
Pen-y-Clip 930 15.10.1983 WAL CN   A55
Cargo 885   SOE LO Heathrow airport  
Ramsgate 800 05.2000 SOE KE    
Clyde 760 1963 SCO SC Second tube: 760 m. Under Clyde river, Glasgow A739
Medway 720 1996 SOE KE River crossing. Two tubes  
Butetown 715   SG WAL Two tubes. Cut&cover, near Cardiff, Wales A4232
Holmesdale 650   SOE LO Second tube: 650 m M25
Penmaenbach 642 1988 WAL CN Shortest tube: 170 m. Town Gwynedd A55
Heathrow airport 628   SOE LO Second tube: 628 m. Cut and cover tunnel under the runway.  
Epping 600   SOE LO Two tubes M 25
Queensway 548   WEM WM Second tube: 548 m. Town Birmingham  
Central Library 500   WEM WM Town Birmingham  
Southwick Hill 490 1994 SOE ES Second tube: 490 m. Town Brighton A27
Bell Common 450   SOE LO Second tube: 450 m M25
St.Helier 420       Island of Jersey  
Cuilfail 420   SOE ES Town Lewes A26
Manchester airport 400   NOW MA Second tube: 400 m A538
Saltash 370 1981 SOW CO Tunnel revisioned in 1999 A38
Westgate 367   YOH WY Second tube: 367 m. Leeds inner ring A58
Roundhill 365   KE SOE    
Strand underpass 365          
Crindau 362       Second tube: 362 m. M4 Traffic Map M4
Thames 350 25.03.1843 SOE LO Two tubes. First river crossing, London  
Chestfield 320   KE SOE    
Park Lane 314   SOE LO Shortest tube: 306 m. Town London  
Fore Street 310         A406
George Green 300         A12
Woodpecker 298   YOH WY Second tube: 367 m. Leeds inner ring A58
Meir 280   WEM SF   A50
Fort Regent 253       Island of Jersey  
Hanger Lane 241   SOE LO Second tube: 241 m. Town London A40
Victoria avenue 237   YOH WY Second tube: 237 m. Town Leeds A658
Lancaster Circus 197   WEM WM Town Birmingham A34
St. Chads Circus 192   WEM WM Second tube: 192 m. Town Birmingham A38
Gibraltar Hill 185   WAL MG Second tube: 185 m.Town Monmouth A40
Green Man 174         A12
Matthew Murray 160   YOH WY Second tube: 160 m. Town Leeds  
Well Hall 156   SOE KE Second tube: 156 m. Rochester way A2
Baeminster 110 1832 SOW DO   A3066
Bluewater Quarry 75 12.1995 SOE KE Second tube: 75 m. Town Dartford  
East India Dock            

Warm thanks to Nigel Stirk, David Hibbert, Richard Thomas, Neil Murray, Louis Thompson, Duncan Rollo

Legenda:
Red: under costruction
Pink: in project
Green: abandoned
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Legenda: United Kingdom regions / Regioni del Regno Unito
Edited by: Eugenio A. Merzagora

  Region
EAA East Anglia
EAM East Midlands
NIR Northern Ireland
 
  Region
NOR Northern
NOW North West
SCO Scotland
 
  Region
SOE South East
SOW South West
WAL Wales
 
  Region
WEM West Midlands
YOH Yorkshire and Humberside

 

United Kingdom Counties & Regions / Contee e Regioni del Regno Unito

  County Main Town Region
AN Antrim Belfast NIR
AR Armagh Armagh NIR
AV Avon Bristol SOW
BF Bedfordshire Bedford SOE
BK Berkshire Reading SOE
BO Borders Newton Saint Boswells SCO
BU Buckinghamshire Aylesbury SOE
CA Cambridgeshire Cambridge EAA
CE Central Stirling SCO
CH Cheshire Chester NOW
CL Cleveland Middlesbrough NOR
CO Cornwall Truro SOW
CN Conwy   WAL
CU Cumbria Carlisle NOR
CW Clwyd Mold WAL
DB Derbyshire Matlock EAM
DE Devon Exeter SOW
DG Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries SCO
DO Dorset Dorchester SOW
DU Durham Durham NOR
DW Down   NIR
DY Dyfed Carmarthen WAL
ES East Sussex Lewes SOE
EX Essex Chelmsford SOE
FE Fermanagh   NIR
FF Fife Glenrothes SCO
GL Gloucester Gloucester SOW
GR Grampian Aberdeen SCO
GW Gwent Caernarfon WAL
HA Hampshire Winchester SOE
HF Hertfordshire Hertford SOE
HI Highland Inverness SCO
HU Humberside Beverly YOH
HW Hereford and Worcester Worcester WEM
IW Isle of Wight Newport SOE
 
  County Main Town Region
KE Kent Maidstone SOE
LA Lancashire Preston NOW
LD Londonderry Londonderry NIR
LE Leicestershire Leicester EAM
LI Lincolnshire Lincoln EAM
LO Greater London London SOE
LT Lothian Edinburgh SCO
MA Greater Manchester Manchester NOW
ME Merseyside Liverpool NOW
MG Mid Glamorgan Cardiff WAL
NF Norfolk Norwich EAA
NG North Glamorgan Swansea WAL
NH Northamptonshire Northampton EAM
NO Nottinghamshire Nottingham EAM
NT Northumberland Tyne and Wear Newcastle upon Tyne NOR
NY North Yorkshire Northallerton YOH
OR Orkney Kirkwall SCO
OX Oxfordshire Oxford SOE
PW Powys Llandrindod Wells WAL
SC Strathclyde Glasgow SCO
SF Staffordshire Stafford WEM
SG South Glamorgan Cardiff WAL
SH Shetland Lerwich SCO
SK Suffolk Ipswich EAA
SM Somerset Taunton SOW
SP Shropshire Shrewsbury WEM
SU Surrey Kingston u.Tyne SOE
SY South Yorkshire Barnsley YOH
TR Tyrone   NIR
TY Tayside Dundee SCO
WI Western islands Stornoway SCO
WM West midlands Birmingham WEM
WS West Sussex Chichester SOE
WT Wiltshire Trowbridge SOW
WW Warwichshire Warwich WEM
WY West Yorkshire Wakefield YOH

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