Overview | |
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Location | Limerick, Ireland, crossing the River Shannon |
Route | N18 |
Start | August 2006 |
End | June 2010 |
Operation | |
Opened | 27 July 2010 |
Toll | €2.30 (cars)[1] |
Technical | |
Length | 675 metres (740 yd) (immersed tube tunnel section) |
No. of lanes | Two cells of 2 each |
Tunnel clearance | 4.65 metres (15 ft) (external) |
The Limerick Tunnel (Irish: Tollán Luimnigh[2]) is a 675-metre-long (2,215 ft),[3] twin bore road tunnel underneath the River Shannon on the outskirts of Limerick city. The tunnel forms part of the N18 Limerick Southern Ring Road. The tunnel is tolled.