Bell Common

Bell Common
Bell Common
	Bell Common Cricket Ground
	Bell Common Location within Essex
OS grid reference	TL4401
Shire county	Essex;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
	List of places UK England Essex 51°41′31″N 0°05′56″E / 51.692°N 0.099°E

Bell Common is a settlement in Essex, England and is south of the town of Epping.

Tunnel

The Bell Common Tunnel is a covered section of the M25 motorway in Bell Common. The route of the motorway at this point was forced into a very narrow gap between the ecologically important Epping Forest to the south and the settlements to the north. The decision was therefore made to put the motorway underground. The tunnel is 470 metres long^[1] and was constructed between 1982 and 1984 using the cut and cover method.^[2]

References

^ Bell common Tunnel Archived April 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on The Institution of Highways & Transportation website
^ Details of the construction

[1] Bell common Tunnel Archived April 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on The Institution of Highways & Transportation website

[2] Details of the construction

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