UK Road Tunnels

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Anubis

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1,029 posts

178 months

Friday 12th March 2010
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You've got the car. You have forked out your hard earned for that expensive exhaust. You now want to make a symphony of noise all around you, but the question is where are all the tunnels?

Scouring maps and looking on the Internet for them to incorporate on a drive can be a long and painful process unless you're 'in the know' - and even then you may miss some.

There are hundreds of them across the UK, yet no one has actually plotted them on a map - until now...

UK Road Tunnels

If you know of some road tunnels, help out your fellow petrolheads by signing into a Google account (setting one up takes only a few minutes) and plot it on the map with the following details:

Road:
Length (approx):
Direction: [direction of travel]
Description: [Speed limits, safety cameras, likely times of traffic, etc]

Next step: Go out and make some noise!



Edited by Anubis on Saturday 24th April 10:07


Edited by Anubis on Saturday 24th April 10:08

mmm-five

11,227 posts

283 months

Friday 12th March 2010
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Anubis said:
There are hundreds of them across the UK, yet no one has actually plotted them on a map - until now...
I see 4, not hundreds, so I'd assume you meant to say:
Anubis said:
There are hundreds of them across the UK, yet no one has actually plotted them on a map - until now...or not, because we haven't.

Anubis

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1,029 posts

178 months

Friday 12th March 2010
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Instructions:

Create / Sign into a Google account. Click on Edit and then place the marker on the map for others to see (remember to save):



Edited by Anubis on Friday 12th March 22:01

Anubis

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178 months

Friday 12th March 2010
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mmm-five said:
Anubis said:
There are hundreds of them across the UK, yet no one has actually plotted them on a map - until now...
I see 4, not hundreds, so I'd assume you meant to say:
Anubis said:
There are hundreds of them across the UK, yet no one has actually plotted them on a map - until now...or not, because we haven't.
I'm not going to put hundreds of them on a map - but if everyone put 1 or 2 that they know on there it'll get filled pretty quickly. Just trying to help out fellow petrolheads - won't do any harm, if anything it will get people out meeting eachother for runs more. smile

mmm-five

11,227 posts

283 months

Friday 12th March 2010
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Anubis said:
I'm not going to put hundreds of them on a map - but if everyone put 1 or 2 that they know on there it'll get filled pretty quickly. Just trying to help out fellow petrolheads - won't do any harm, if anything it will get people out meeting eachother for runs more. smile
I know, and I've added a couple more for you.

Anubis

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178 months

Friday 12th March 2010
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mmm-five said:
I know, and I've added a couple more for you.
Thanks mate. smile Anyone else care to give up 5 mins and add some more?

Poledriver

28,616 posts

193 months

Monday 15th March 2010
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Just added the A20 in Kent, near the end of M20. Lovely pair of tunnels and a good start for the trip to LeMans! smile

wacattack

576 posts

224 months

Monday 15th March 2010
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mmm-five said:
Anubis said:
There are hundreds of them across the UK, yet no one has actually plotted them on a map - until now...
I see 4, not hundreds, so I'd assume you meant to say:
Anubis said:
There are hundreds of them across the UK, yet no one has actually plotted them on a map - until now...or not, because we haven't.
First class moron

Anubis

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178 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Poledriver said:
Just added the A20 in Kent, near the end of M20. Lovely pair of tunnels and a good start for the trip to LeMans! smile
Thanks. smile

Starting to get a good map going now...

Jonny671

29,387 posts

188 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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End of this year/beginning of next year; Hindhead Tunnel will be finished, thats going to be 1.2 miles long biggrin

Poledriver

28,616 posts

193 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Jonny671 said:
End of this year/beginning of next year; Hindhead Tunnel will be finished, thats going to be 1.2 miles long biggrin
With permanent 70MPH SPECS cameras! frown

Edited by PoleDriver on Saturday 24th September 21:12

Dyl

1,248 posts

209 months

Wednesday 17th March 2010
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Added the Clyde Tunnel, the first to be added in Scotland. Can't think of any more at the moment...

Anubis

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178 months

Saturday 27th March 2010
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Quite a lot have now been added. Thanks so far... smile

I know for a fact the map is being used to help scheduled meets and runs.

Ross Parker

516 posts

191 months

Monday 31st May 2010
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so how do we get to know about these meets and runs,as i have tried before and never got close.did a tunnel run in london before with alfa enthusiasts

alfa pint

3,856 posts

210 months

Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Dyl said:
Added the Clyde Tunnel, the first to be added in Scotland. Can't think of any more at the moment...
I love the Clyde tunnel. Just long enough to get a couple of blasts up to the red line with the hood down.

andrewrob

2,912 posts

189 months

Wednesday 14th July 2010
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What an excellent idea. Is there one running for France?

Anubis

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178 months

Thursday 22nd July 2010
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andrewrob said:
What an excellent idea. Is there one running for France?
smile Not that I am aware of, but your more than welcome to add them globally if you want to.

Red Devil

13,055 posts

207 months

Sunday 19th September 2010
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Just been having a look at the list and would like to mention that Stainer Street tunnel (under London Bridge Station) is not both directions. It's one way northbound. The parallel southbound tunnel (also one way) is Weston Street. There are 3 more tunnels east of Weston Street. They are:
- Bermondsey Street (A2205 one way northbound) linking St Thomas Street and Tooley Street
- Shand Street (both ways) linking Crucifix Lane with Tooley Street
- Barnham Street (both ways) linking Crucifix Lane with Tooley Street

I no longer drive in central London so don't have any info on their length. Also, I'm a bit of a numpty when it comes to putting them on the map, so if anyone else would like to do so I would be most grateful.

spike ST500

1,295 posts

154 months

Saturday 4th June 2011
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Useful map there...


Anubis

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178 months

Wednesday 27th July 2011
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Longest tunnel in UK now open: http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyI...

Enjoy - and go make some noise!