Kinuura Tunnel Explained

Kinuura Tunnel
Location:Kinuura Port, Mikawa Bay
Route:Route 256
Start:Handa, Aichi
End:Hekinan, Aichi
Startwork:October 4, 1969
Toll:¥250 (regular cars)
Length:1.7km (01.1miles)
Lanes:4

is an undersea tunnel in Japan for cars and pedestrians which connects Handa, Aichi with Hekinan, Aichi under the Mikawa Bay at Kinuura Port.[1] [2] The tunnel provides 2 lanes of road going in each direction, and a separate pedestrian tunnel. The pedestrian tunnel plays a radio broadcast, and it is accessible by 11 flights of stairs on either side. Both the Handa side and Hekinan side have public parks near the exits to the tunnel.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.aichi-dourokousha.or.jp/t_kinuura_s1.php . ja:路線紹介 . Japanese . Aichi Prefectural Public Road Corporation . dead . https://archive.today/20121219103425/http://www.aichi-dourokousha.or.jp/t_kinuura_s1.php . 2012-12-19 .
  2. Web site: http://www.pa.cbr.mlit.go.jp/jiten/kinuura/index.html . ja:新・衣浦海底トンネルのひみつ . Port and Airport Department, Chubu Regional Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport . Japanese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722105845/http://www.pa.cbr.mlit.go.jp/jiten/kinuura/index.html . 2011-07-22 .