New River Tunnel
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| Official name | Henry E. Kinney Tunnel |
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| Carries | 4 general purpose lanes and 1 sidewalk |
| Crosses | New River Las Olas Boulevard South New River Drive/Rio Vista Boulevard |
| Locale | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| Maintained by | Florida Department of Transportation |
| ID number | 860003 |
| Design | concrete tunnel |
| Longest span | N/A |
| Total length | 263.3 meters (864 feet) |
| Width | 7.3 meters (24 feet) not counting the sidewalk |
| Vertical clearance | unknown |
| Clearance below | 4.3 meters (14 feet) above the tunnel at mean low water |
| Opening date | December 9, 1960 |
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The New River Tunnel is one of three underwater road tunnels in Florida (the other two are in Walt Disney World), and replaced the Federal Aid Highway Bridge, a drawbridge opened on August 26, 1926 and closed in 1958. It carries US Highway Route 1 underneath the New River at Fort Lauderdale.
In 1986 it was renamed in honor of Henry E. Kinney, who had advocated its construction whilst he was chief of the Fort Lauderdale/Broward Edition of the Miami Herald.
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