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| Official name | Henry E. Kinney Tunnel |
| Carries | 4 lanes of US 1 1 sidewalk |
| Crosses | New River Las Olas Boulevard South New River Drive/Rio Vista Boulevard |
| Locale | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| Maintained by | Florida Department of Transportation |
| ID number | 860003 |
| Design | concrete tunnel |
| Total length | 864 feet (263.3 m) |
| Width | 24 feet (7.3 m) not counting the sidewalk |
| Clearance below | 14 feet (4.3 m) above the tunnel at mean low water |
| Opened | December 9, 1960 |
| Coordinates | 26°07′05″N 80°08′13″W / 26.118°N 80.137°WCoordinates: 26°07′05″N 80°08′13″W / 26.118°N 80.137°W |
The New River Tunnel, also known as the Henry E. Kinney Tunnel, is one of three underwater road tunnels in Florida (the other two are in Walt Disney World), that replaced the Federal Aid Highway Bridge, a drawbridge opened on August 26, 1926 and closed in 1958. It carries U.S. Route 1 underneath the New River and Las Olas Boulevard in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The tunnel reaches 35 feet underground.[1] In 2014, the Port of Miami Tunnel is slated for completion and will be the fourth and largest by far tunnel in Florida.
The tunnel was built after a lengthy debate on whether to construct another bridge or a tunnel. The old drawbridge operated so slowly that it sometimes took motorists 45 minutes to cross from one end of the bridge to the other, creating massive traffic jams in the heart of the city.[2]
In 1986 it was renamed in honor of Henry E. Kinney, who had advocated its construction while he was chief of the Fort Lauderdale/Broward Edition of the Miami Herald.
[edit] References
- ^ "The 1960s: Swinging Sixties bring Spring Breakers and broken barriers". Sun Sentinel. March 18, 2011. http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2011-03-18/features/fl-100-1960s-0320-20110318_1_college-students-spring-breakers-student-body. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ^ "KidZone-Henry E. Kinney Tunnel". Florida State Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on 2007-11-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20071102080721/http://www.dot.state.fl.us/publicinformationoffice/kidzone/PhotoZone/kinneytunnel.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
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