List of tunnels in the United Kingdom

List of tunnels in the United Kingdom

Tunnels in the United Kingdom is a link page for any road, railway, waterway or other form of tunnel, anywhere in the United Kingdom.

A tunnel is an underground passageway with no defined minimum length, though it may be considered to be at least twice as long as wide. Some civic planners define a tunnel as 0.1 miles (0.16 kilometers) in length or longer. For example, the underpass beneath Yahata Station in Japan is only convert|0.08|mi|km long and therefore would not be considered a tunnel.

A tunnel may be for pedestrians or cyclists, for general road traffic, for motor vehicles only, for rail traffic, or for a canal. Some are aqueducts, constructed purely for carrying water — for consumption, for hydroelectric purposes or as sewers — while others carry other services such as telecommunications cables. There are even tunnels designed as wildlife crossings for European badgers and other endangered species. Some secret tunnels have also been made as a method of entrance or escape from an area, such as the Cu Chi Tunnels or the tunnels connecting the Gaza Strip to Egypt. Some tunnels are not for transport at all but are fortifications, for example Mittelwerk and Cheyenne Mountain.

The longest canal tunnel is the Standedge Tunnel in the United Kingdom, over three miles (5 km) long.

Table

See also

* List of bridges in the United Kingdom
* Subterranean London

References

Notes

Bibliography

* Alan Blower, "British Railway Tunnels", (Ian Allan Ltd, 1964).
* J.C. Gagg, "Book of Canal Tunnels", (J.Gagg, 1976), ISBN 0950422622
* David Jacobs, "Bridges, canals & tunnels", (Princeton, N.J, 1968).
* David J. Appleby, Allan C. Gilbert, and Stephen P. Samuel, "Canal Tunnels of England and Wales", (Aylestone, 2001), ISBN 0954038207


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