Tampere Tunnel

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Tampere Tunnel

The east entrance of the tunnel in Naistenlahti
Overview
Location	Tampere, Finland
Coordinates	61°30′06″N 23°43′55″E / 61.5017°N 23.7319°E / 61.5017; 23.7319Coordinates: 61°30′06″N 23°43′55″E / 61.5017°N 23.7319°E / 61.5017; 23.7319
Route	Finnish national road 12
Start	Santalahti
End	Naistenlahti
Operation
Opened	15 November 2016; 5 years ago (2016-11-15)
Owner	Finnish Transport Agency, City of Tampere
Traffic	Automotive
Technical
Length	2.327 km (1.45 mi)
No. of lanes	4
Operating speed	60 kilometres per hour (37 mph)

The Tampere Tunnel (also the Rantaväylä Tunnel, Finnish: Rantaväylän tunneli) is a 2,3 kilometre-long road tunnel in Tampere, Finland. It was opened 15 November 2016, six months before scheduled. The Tampere Tunnel is the longest road tunnel in Finland.^[1] It is part of Highway 12, which passes north of Tampere city center. 36,000 vehicles a day drive through the tunnel.^[2]

See also[]

• Paasikiven–Kekkosentie

Sources[]

• Welcome to the Tunnel! Finnish Transport Agency.

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Rantaväylä tunnel at Wikimedia Commons

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