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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Location | San Francisco, California |
| Coordinates | 37°47′49″N 122°24′54″W / 37.796812°N 122.414893°W |
| Route | Broadway |
| Start | Between Powell and Mason Streets |
| End | Between Hyde and Larkin Streets |
| Operation | |
| Work begun | May 1, 1950 |
| Opened | December 21, 1952 |
| Owner | City of San Francisco |
| Operator | City of San Francisco |
| Traffic | Automotive and pedestrian |
| Technical | |
| Length | 1,616 ft (493 m) |
| No. of lanes | 4 |
| Operating speed | 40 mph (64 km/h) |
| Tunnel clearance | 13.5 ft (4.1 m) |
The Broadway Tunnel (officially the Robert C. Levy Tunnel) is a roadway tunnel in San Francisco, California. The tunnel opened in 1952, and serves as a high-capacity conduit for traffic between Chinatown and North Beach to the east and Russian Hill and Van Ness Avenue to the west. In a proposal of the city's 1948 Trafficways Plan, the tunnel was to serve as a link between the Embarcadero Freeway and the Central Freeway.[1]
- ^ Wolff, Jane (August 15, 2021). Bay Lexicon. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press. p. 127. doi:10.1515/9780228007913. ISBN 9780228007913.
Proposed in a 1948 transportation plan to link the Embarcadero and Central Freeways, the Broadway Tunnel is a not-so-distant cousin of the city's constructed waterfront.