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.