Havana Tunnel
 Entrance to tunnel from East Havana | |
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| Overview | |
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| Other name(s) | El Túnel de la Bahía |
| Location | Havana, Cuba |
| Coordinates | 23°09′03″N 82°21′17″W / 23.150708°N 82.354717°W |
| System | Immersed tube tunnel |
| Route |  Circuito Norte |
| Start | Malecón in Old Havana |
| End |  A2 /  2–400 in Habana del Este |
| Operation | |
| Work begun | 1957 |
| Opened | May 31, 1958 |
| Owner | Cuban government (contested)[a][2][3] |
| Traffic | Automotive |
| Toll | None |
| Technical | |
| Design engineer | José Menéndez Menéndez |
| No. of lanes | 4 (total) |
| Operating speed | 50 kilometers per hour |
Havana Tunnel is a route under the Havana Bay, built by the French company Societé de Grand Travaux de Marseille between 1957 and 1958.[4][5] The president of the Republic Fulgencio Batista planned to expand the city to Habana del Este with a new suburb, and a new connection between Havana Vieja and the east side across Havana Bay was required.
The tunnel extends from the Paseo de Prado, is 733 m long and 12 m below ground level. It takes a driver 45 seconds traveling at a speed of 60 km/h to traverse the tunnel. In the 1970s the new suburb of Alamar in East Havana was built with the aid of the former Soviet Union. The new suburb was composed of Soviet-style concrete buildings, with no city center or character.
Gallery
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Havana Bay Tunnel entrance from the west -
Havana Bay Tunnel entrance from East Havana -
Construction of entrance to Havana Tunnel
See also
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Notes
[edit]- ^ The confiscation of private property led the U.S. into severing diplomatic relations in 1961 and installing a brutal trade blocade and various sanctions against Cuba affecting the life of millions of Cubans. Over the years the UN requested at multiple occasions the end of the illegal and inhumane blockade.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE of the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION". Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ "Trump Administration Authorizes Lawsuits Against Companies That Deal in Property Confiscated by the Cuban Government and Tightens Other Sanctions Against Cuba". Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "US Allows Lawsuits Relating to "Trafficking" in Confiscated Property in Cuba". Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "Havana Tunnel". Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ "Havana's Tunnel". Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
External links
[edit]- Havana bay tunnel: an engineering jewel and a symbol of identity of the Cuban capital on YouTube
- Havana Tunnel and Malecon drive by on YouTube
- Construccion del Tunel de la Habana 1953 on YouTube
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tunnel de La Habana.
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