Hindhead Tunnel

Hindhead Tunnel
South portal of the Hindhead Tunnel. October 2012
Overview
LocationHindhead, Surrey, UK
StatusActive
Route A3
Operation
Work begunJanuary 2007
Opened29 July 2011
OwnerNational Highways
OperatorNational Highways
Technical
Length1,830 m (1.14 mi; 6,000 ft)
No. of lanesTwo in each tunnel
Operating speedSpeed limit: 70 mph (113 km/h)
Design speed: 120 km/h (75 mph)[1]

The Hindhead Tunnel, opened in 2011, is part of the 4-mile (6.4 km) dual-carriageway that replaced one of the last remaining stretches of single-carriageway on the A3 road which connects the cities of London and Portsmouth.[2] It was built to bypass the village of Hindhead in Surrey. At 1.14 miles (1.83 km) in length,[3] the tunnel is the longest non-estuarial road tunnel in the United Kingdom, and takes the road beneath the Devil's Punch Bowl, a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

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  3. ^ Highways Agency. "A3 Hindhead Improvement – The Tunnel". Department for Transport. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2009.