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Tampere Tunnel - Wikipedia

  • ️Tue Nov 15 2016

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Tampere Tunnel

The east entrance of the tunnel in Naistenlahti

Overview
LocationTampere, Finland
Coordinates61°30′06″N 23°43′55″E / 61.5017°N 23.7319°E
RouteFinnish national road 12
StartSantalahti
EndNaistenlahti
Operation
Opened15 November 2016; 8 years ago
OwnerFinnish Transport Agency, City of Tampere
TrafficAutomotive
Technical
Length2.327 km (1.45 mi)
No. of lanes4
Operating speed60 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]

  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.