The Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey in Merseyside, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. A road is a strip of land, smoothed or otherwise prepared to allow easier travel, connecting two or more destinations. ... An underground pedestrian tunnel between buildings at MIT. Note the utility pipes running along the ceiling. ... The River Mersey is a river in the north west of England. ... Arms of the former Merseyside Metropolitan County Council Merseyside is a metropolitan county, created in the 1974 local government reform. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Liverpools skyline, as seen from the River Mersey. ... Location within the British Isles. ...

In the 1920s, there were concerns about the long queues of cars and lorries at the Mersey Ferry terminal, and in 1925, the construction of the first Mersey Tunnel started to a design by consulting engineer Sir Basil Mott. The supervison of the construction was undertaken by John Brodie, who as City Engineer of Liverpool, had co-ordinated the proposals of Sir Basil. In 1928 the two pilot tunnels met to within less than an inch (25mm). The tunnel entrances, toll booths and ventilation building exteriors were designed by architect Herbet Rouse, who is frequently but incorrectly credited with the whole Civil Engineering project. The Mersey Ferry is a ferry across the River Mersey in Merseyside, north west England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead / Seacombe. ...

The tunnel was opened on July 18, 1934 by King George V and Queen Mary in honour of whom the tunnel is named. 200,000 people watched the opening from the Old Haymarket entrance. July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... King George V King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Emperor of India His Majesty King George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert) (3 June 1865–20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House...

It cost £8,000,000 to build, and 1,200,000 tons of rock, gravel and clay were excavated, with some of this rubble being used to build Otterspool Promenade. Sedimentary, volcanic, plutonic, metamorphic rock types of North America. ... Gravel Gravel is rock that is of a certain size range. ... Clay is a generic term for an aggregate of hydrous silicate particles less than 4 μm (micrometres) in diameter. ...

1,700 men worked in the tunnel of which 17 were killed during work.

When driving through the tunnel, it appears as a half-circle. It is circular, however, and the area below the roadway is known as Central Avenue. Originally it was planned to run electric trams through it, but it was used to house a gas pipe which was later abandoned. Now, it is used to monitor the tunnel's 10,660 cracks, and to pump out water seeped in from the Mersey. A modern tram in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland a historic postcard showing electric trolley-powered streetcars in Richmond, Virginia, where Frank J. Sprague successfully demonstrated his new system on the hills in 1888 For modern innovations to make these systems higher-capacity and higher-speed, see light...

Later on, demand dictated the construction of a further tunnel, the Kingsway Tunnel. The Kingsway Tunnel is a tunnel under the River Mersey in Merseyside in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Wallasey. ...

External links

Merseytravel website (http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/info_tunnel.html)