Broadway Tunnel (San Francisco)
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| Overview | |
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| Location | San Francisco, California |
| Coordinates | 37°47′49″N 122°24′52″W / 37.79683°N 122.41443°WCoordinates: 37°47′49″N 122°24′52″W / 37.79683°N 122.41443°W |
| Route | Broadway Street |
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| Work begun | May 1, 1950 |
| Opened | December 21, 1952 |
| Owner | City of San Francisco |
| Operator | City of San Francisco |
| Traffic | Automotive and pedestrian |
| Technical | |
| Construction | 20,000 |
| Length | .37 mi (600 m) |
| Number of lanes | 4 |
| Operating speed | 40 mph (64 km/h) |
| Tunnel clearance | 13.5 ft (4.1 m) |
The Broadway Tunnel (officially the Robert C. Levy Tunnel) is a roadway tunnel in San Francisco, California. The tunnel opened in 1952, and serves as a high-capacity conduit for traffic between Chinatown and North Beach in the east and Russian Hill and Van Ness in the west. In a proposal of the city's 1948 Transportation Plan, the tunnel was to serve as a link between the Embarcadero Freeway and the Central Freeway.
The east portal is located just past the Mason Street overpass. The west portal is located just before the Hyde Street overpass. Combined with these two overpasses, the tunnel provides for uninterrupted traffic flow along Broadway Street for a stretch of six blocks, between Powell Street on the east and Larkin Street on the west.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- De Leuw, Cather and Company (1948). A Report to the City Planning Commission on a Transportation Plan for San Francisco. OCLC 7431642.
- Kevin Wallace (21 December 1952). "The City's Tunnels: When S.F. Can't Go Over, It Goes Under Its Hills". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/history/hgtun.htm. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
