Medway Tunnel

Medway Tunnel
A view of the Medway Tunnel
Overview
Locationconnecting Strood to Chatham in Kent, UK
Coordinates51°24′01″N 0°31′36″E / 51.400357°N 0.526721°E / 51.400357; 0.526721
Statusactive
Route A289 connecting Strood with Chatham in Kent, under the River Medway, in the UK
CrossesRiver Medway
Operation
ConstructedMay 1992 – June 1996
Opened22 June 1996 (1996-06-22)
OperatorMedway Council
Trafficvehicle
Characterpublic
Tollnone (free)
Technical
Length2,360 ft (720 m)
No. of lanes2 (each way)
Operating speed50 miles per hour (80 km/h)

The Medway Tunnel is a tunnel under the River Medway linking Strood with Chatham in Kent, England. It forms part of the A289 Medway Towns Northern Relief Road. The Medway Tunnel is the first immersed tube tunnel to be built in England and only the second of this type in the UK, the other at Conwy, North Wales.[1]

  1. ^ "Medway Tunnel". medway.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.

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