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Limehouse Link tunnel
Road tunnel under Limehouse in East London / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Limehouse Link tunnel is a 1.1-mile (1.8 km) long tunnel under Limehouse in East London on the A1203 road. The tunnel links the eastern end of The Highway to Canary Wharf in London Docklands. Built between 1989 and 1993 at a cost of £293,000,000 it has been calculated as the most expensive road scheme in Britain per mile,[1] working out at £50,500 per foot at 2011 prices.[1] It is the second largest non-estuarial road tunnel in the UK, after the Hindhead Tunnel in Surrey.
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![]() The western portal of the Limehouse Link tunnel | |
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Location | London Docklands |
Coordinates | 51.511°N 0.033°W / 51.511; -0.033 |
Status | Active |
Route | ![]() |
Start | Limehouse |
End | Limehouse |
Operation | |
Work begun | 1989 |
Opened | 1993 |
Operator | Transport for London |
Technical | |
Operating speed | 30mph |
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