Lefortovo tunnel
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Lefortovo tunnel (Russian: Лефо́ртовский тонне́ль) is a road tunnel in Moscow, Russia that is part of the Third Ring road. At 2.2 km (1.367 miles) long it is the fourth longest in-city tunnel of Europe (after the Giovanni XXIII Tunnel in Rome at 2.9 km, the Dublin Port Tunnel at 4.5 km and the Södra länken in Stockholm, also 4.5 km).
The tunnel runs under the Yauza River, and water leaks in at some points. When the temperature reaches −38 degrees Celsius as during the winter of 2005, the road surface can freeze.
It has been nicknamed "The Tunnel of Death" due to its high accident rate and a video circulating around the Internet apparently compiling footage of vehicle accidents recorded by monitoring cameras.
[edit] External links
- Lefortovo tunnel at Structurae
- Tunnel boring equipment from construction
- Wheels of Wisdom - impressions of the tunnel by driver for Moscow Times (with map in English)
- Street map, showing the Lefortovo tunnel as a double dotted line
- Lefortovo monitoring structure monitoring
- Video of Lefortovo Tunnel crashes