Kingsway Tunnel

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The Kingsway Tunnel is a major road tunnel under the River Mersey in northwest England, carrying vehicular traffic between Liverpool and the Wirral peninsula.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kingsway Tunnel canonical 2
Birkenhead Tunnel 1
Kingsway Tunnel (Wallasey Tunnel) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf road infrastructure ⓘ
road tunnel ⓘ
subaqueous tunnel ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wallasey Tunnel ⓘ
linked to: Mersey Tunnels
carries motor vehicles ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ
connects Liverpool ⓘ
Wallasey ⓘ
Wirral ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1966 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses River Mersey ⓘ
designedToRelieve Queensway Tunnel congestion ⓘ
hasDirection eastbound tube ⓘ
westbound tube ⓘ
hasEmergencyExits yes ⓘ
hasRestriction cyclists prohibited ⓘ
pedestrians prohibited ⓘ
hasSpeedLimit 40 mph ⓘ
hasToll true ⓘ
hasTwinStructureWith Queensway Tunnel ⓘ
hasVentilationSystem yes ⓘ
length approximately 2.0 miles ⓘ
approximately 3.2 kilometres ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanCounty Merseyside ⓘ
locatedUnder River Mersey ⓘ
location Liverpool ⓘ
River Mersey ⓘ
Wirral Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Wirral
maintainedBy Merseytravel ⓘ
numberOfLanes 4 ⓘ
numberOfRoadTubes 2 ⓘ
openedForTrafficIn 1971 ⓘ
openingDate 1971 ⓘ
operator Merseytravel ⓘ
owner Liverpool City Region Combined Authority ⓘ
partOf Mersey Tunnels ⓘ
primaryFunction road transport link between Liverpool and Wirral ⓘ
region North West England ⓘ
roadType dual carriageway ⓘ
serves Liverpool City Region ⓘ
tollRoad yes ⓘ
usedBy buses ⓘ
cars ⓘ
light goods vehicles ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mersey Tunnels → hasPart → Kingsway Tunnel ⓘ
Queensway Tunnel → alsoKnownAs → Birkenhead Tunnel ⓘ
subject linked to: Mersey Tunnels
linked to: Kingsway Tunnel
Queensway Tunnel → parallelStructure → Kingsway Tunnel ⓘ
Wallasey → hasTransport → Kingsway Tunnel (Wallasey Tunnel) ⓘ
linked to: Kingsway Tunnel
Winston Churchill Avenue → hasAlternative → Kingsway tunnel ⓘ
linked to: Kingsway Tunnel