Blanka tunnel complex
The Blanka tunnel complex forms part of the city ring around Prague and connects the western area of Prague Castle with the Troja district . It consists of several successive tunnels with a total length of 5,502 m. This makes it the longest road tunnel in the Czech Republic and the longest city tunnel in Europe .
The contract for the construction of the tunnel complex was signed on October 30, 2006 by the Mayor of Prague, Pavel Bém . The construction was completed in 2011, whereby the completion date was extended several times. The complex finally went into operation on September 19, 2015.
It is the largest and most expensive infrastructure project in the history of Prague with a construction cost of more than 43 billion crowns.
description
The facility consists of three main tunnels:
- The Brusnický tunel with a total length of 1,405 m, named after the Brusnice brook
- The Dejvický tunel m with a total length of 1007, named after the district Dejvice
- The Bubenečský tunel with a total length of 3,090 m, named after the district Bubeneč
User numbers
The three tunnels are regularly used by over 70,000 vehicles every day. (Counts are made on a monthly daily average, with the numbers for both directions added). The Dejvický tunel is the busiest, with almost 90,000 vehicles counted there in May 2017.
Web links
- Blanka Tunnel - site of the construction project
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Radio Prague, Massive Blanka tunnel completed after years of delays. Retrieved April 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Účet za Blanku booth 43 miliard korun. Retrieved April 17, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.tunelblanka.info/intenzity-dopravy-v-kvetnu-2017/
Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 20.9 ″ N , 14 ° 25 ′ 1.1 ″ E