Tampere Tunnel

Tampere Tunnel
	The east entrance of the tunnel in Naistenlahti
Overview
Location	Tampere, Finland
Coordinates	61.5017°N 23.7319°E
Route	Finnish national road 12
Start	Santalahti
End	Naistenlahti
Operation
Opened	15 November 2016
Owner	Finnish Transport Agency, City of Tampere
Traffic	Automotive
Technical
Length	2.327 km (1.45 mi)
No. of lanes	4
Operating speed	60 kilometres per hour (37 mph)

The Tampere Tunnel (also the Rantaväylä Tunnel, Finnish: Rantaväylän tunneli) is a 2,3 kilometre-long road tunnel in Tampere, Finland. It was opened 15 November 2016, six months before scheduled. The Tampere Tunnel is the longest road tunnel in Finland.[1] It is part of Highway 12, which passes north of Tampere city center. 36,000 vehicles a day drive through the tunnel.[2]

Sources

Welcome to the Tunnel! Finnish Transport Agency.

References

"Finland's longest road tunnel opens". Yle News. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
Roth, Raili (2017-11-12). "Rantatunnelissa ajetaan ylinopeuksia, mutta poliisin on vaikea sitä valvoa". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 2018-07-01.

External links

Media related to Rantaväylä tunnel at Wikimedia Commons

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[1] "Finland's longest road tunnel opens". Yle News. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.

[2] Roth, Raili (2017-11-12). "Rantatunnelissa ajetaan ylinopeuksia, mutta poliisin on vaikea sitä valvoa". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 2018-07-01.