What is the longest road tunnel in Britain?

Colleen1959

Hindhead Tunnel Jan 08 13, 1:36 PM

Plodd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindhead_Tunnel Jan 08 13, 1:50 PM

rossian

http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/roads/hindhead/ Here's some more information about the tunnel. Jan 08 13, 1:57 PM

Upstart3

Isn't the Queensway tunnle longer? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensway_Tunnel Jan 08 13, 1:58 PM

paper_aero

The Wikipedia reference for the Hindhead tunnel proclaims it as the longest non-estuarial road tunnel in the United Kingdom. Not quite the longest, both the Kingsway and the Queensway tunnels under the Mersey estuary are longer road tunnels - and yes the Queensway tunnel is the longest of these. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tunnels_in_the_United_Kingdom Jan 08 13, 2:51 PM

Baloo55th

Looks like it - 2.01 miles against 1.14 miles. Jan 08 13, 2:52 PM

rossian

I took the questioner to be asking for the longest tunnel under land rather than under water. I don't much like tunnels at all, but have had to venture through both the Wallasey and Birkenhead tunnels many times. I usually let the train take the strain, though. The last time I drove through the Queensway tunnel was unintentional, thanks to the satnav which decided a trip through Liverpool in the middle of a Saturday afternoon was the best route for me to get home to Wirral from Yorkshire. It wasn't. Jan 08 13, 4:24 PM