Simcoe Street Tunnel
Road tunnel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Simcoe Street tunnel is located between Front Street and Bremner Blvd. in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This CA$40 million tunnel is situated in a densely urban site below the SkyWalk and in close proximity to Toronto Union Station and the InterContinental Toronto Centre hotel. The tunnel roof structure is designed to carry all 16 pre-existing railway tracks. The ground structure provides one vehicle lane north bound and two lanes south bound, one bicycle lane and one extra wide pedestrian sidewalk on each side of the tunnel.[1]
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Location | Canada |
Start | 2006 |
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Opened | 2009 |
The Simcoe Street tunnel was officially opened on September 22, 2009 by Councillor Adam Vaughan.[citation needed]