Kingsway Tunnel
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The Kingsway Tunnel is a toll road tunnel under the River Mersey between Liverpool and Wallasey. It was built because the existing Queensway Tunnel was unable to cope with the rise in postwar traffic.
Tunnel entrance in Wallasey
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Liverpool Commercial District
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral North elevation
Mont Blanc Tunnel fire
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On 24 March 1999, a transport truck caught fire while driving through the Mont Blanc Tunnel between France and Italy. When it stopped halfway through the tunnel, it violently combusted. Other vehicles
Kingsway Tunnel
…Wallasey side. Of the two tunnels crossing the River Mersey, Kingsway is the only one able to take heavy goods vehicles (HGVs). In a study following the fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel in 1999, inspectors from the European Union rated the Kingsway Tunnel as "good", one of fourteen to receive that rating in Europe. Over 75 miles (120…
A memorial plaque on the French side of the tunnel; pictured in 2010.
Thermographic inspection station on the Italian side