Hindhead Tunnel
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Hindhead Tunnel is a tunnel being built on the A3 road in Hindhead, Surrey, due for completion in 2011.[1] Advance works started in January 2007, and main construction works started in 2008.[2] It forms part of a wider "Targeted Improvement Plan" to upgrade the final single carriageway section of the London to Portsmouth road to dual carriageway.[2] At 1.8 km, the tunnel will be the longest non-estuarial tunnel in the United Kingdom,[1] and is required to take the new road beneath the Devil's Punch Bowl, a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c Mott MacDonald. Trunk road tunnel benefits environment and cuts journey times. Retrieved on 2007-06-01.
- ^ a b Highways Agency. A3 Hindhead Improvement. Department for Transport. Retrieved on 2007-06-01.
[edit] External links
- The A3 Tunnel locally-based photographs & news about the tunnel construction. (Unofficial site)
- Highways Agency project information
- The News (Portsmouth) - virtual experience of driving through the Hindhead Tunnel
- Government News Network (for Department for Transport). "£371 million A3 improvements will go ahead". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-06-01.
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