The western portal of the Limehouse Link tunnel.

The Limehouse Link tunnel is a tunnel carrying the A1203 road in the Limehouse area of east London. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Limehouselinkwesternportal. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Limehouselinkwesternportal. ... Jump to: navigation, search A disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage. ... Limehouse Town Hall in 2004 Limehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

It was constructed to provide a key section of a new east-west route between central London and the Royal Docks area of London Docklands. The Limehouse Link runs across the northern edge of the Isle of Dogs, providing a connection from the northern approach to Tower Bridge eastwards to a junction with the A13 just west of the River Lea. Docklands can also refer to the urban redevelopment project in Melbourne, Australia, see Melbourne Docklands. ... Isle of Dogs is also a play by Thomas Nashe and Ben Jonson. ... Jump to: navigation, search Tower Bridge Sequence showing the bridge opening Tower Bridge in its river setting, looking east from the viewing platform of The Monument. ... This article is not about the River Lee that flows through Cork, in the Republic of Ireland; see River Lee (Ireland). ...

The 1.8km long tunnel actually comprises parallel twin tunnels, each constructed using 'cut-and-cover' methods. Planning started in 1986, construction began in November 1989 and the tunnel project was officially opened in May 1993. Jump to: navigation, search 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

The Link's design and construction cost £293 million – a large sum which can at least partly be attributed to the complex ground conditions and the need for the link to avoid several key existing structures including other tunnels and a river basin.

The western portal to the tunnel is situated at the eastern end of The Highway (A1203), just east of its junction with Butcher Row (The Highway runs along the line of the Rotherhithe Tunnel for a short distance; the northern portal of that tunnel lies just north of the Link tunnel entrance). Heading east, the tunnel passes under the north side of Limehouse Basin, turns south-east to pass underneath Limekiln Dock and Dundee Wharf [1] (close to the embankment walls of the River Thames) before veering north-east under Westferry Road. The eastern portal to the tunnel (emerging onto the A1261 Aspen Way) lies just north of the Canary Wharf development, close to West India Quay DLR station. Through the Blackwall area, the eastern extremity of Aspen Way includes a flyover crossing of a roundabout close to the line of the twin tunnels of the Blackwall Tunnel. The Rotherhithe tunnel is a road tunnel crossing beneath the River Thames in east London. ... The Limehouse Basin in east London provides a navigable link between the Regents Canal and the River Thames. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Thames (pronounced /temz/) is a river flowing through southern England and connecting London with the sea. ... HSBC Tower (left), 1 Canada Square (centre), Citigroup Centre (right) 1 Canada Square (Canary Wharf tower) Canary Wharf, seen from a high-level walkway on Tower Bridge Canary Wharf tube station (Jubilee Line) Docklands Light Railway station and entrance to underground station Canary Wharf in Tower Hamlets, London, United Kingdom... West India Quay is a station on the Docklands Light Railway in London. ... Blackwall is an area of the East End of London, situated in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... The Blackwall Tunnel is the name given to a pair of road tunnels underneath the River Thames in east London, linking the London Borough of Greenwich with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ...

While most tunnels simply provide a single route between two points, the Limehouse Link tunnel is notable for including a junction with another route. Slip roads to and from Westferry Road are situated close towards the eastern end of the twin tunnels.

The eastern portal of the Limehouse Link tunnel.

The tunnel structures feature substantial works of public art. The western portal features Zadok Ben-David's circle of silhouettes, Restless Dream. The eastern portal features an untitled abstract by Nigel Hall. The eastern services building (Westferry Road) features artwork commissioned from leading British artist and sculptor Michael Kenny (1941-1999), a relief work in Kilkenny limestone entitled On Strange And Distant Islands. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Limehouselinkeasternportal. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Limehouselinkeasternportal. ...

On Sunday October 30 2005, a fire in a double-decker bus damaged the eastbound tunnel severely enough to put it out of use for several weeks, causing severe traffic congestion in the area. At the time of writing, repairs to the concrete lining and plant including air-movement units were expected to be complete by the end of November 2005. Jump to: navigation, search The first London AEC Routemaster, RML 2473 (JJD 473D), on route 7 approaching Ladbroke Grove tube station in April 2002. ...