Can You Go Through The Liverpool Tunnel?

Both Mersey Tunnels are open 24 hours a day, 364 days a year (on Christmas Day only Kingsway (Wallasey) Tunnel is open). However, we may close one of the Tunnels, usually at night, to carry out maintenance.

Can you walk through the Liverpool tunnel?

Please Note: You cannot walk through either of the Mersey Tunnels. You may cycle through the Queensway (Birkenhead) Tunnel at certain times. Please check Byelaw 9 for times.

How much is it to go through the tunnel in Liverpool?

You will need a pre-paid toll account and you must not be travelling for business reasons. For all other users the Class 1 toll is £2.00. There are no changes to the toll fees for Class 2, 3 or 4 vehicles for either pre-paid accounts or cash payments.

What do you do if you break down the Mersey tunnel?

If you break down
Use your hazard lights. Pull into a lay-by, emergency lane or as far to the nearside as you can. Turn off your engine.

How many people died making the Mersey tunnel?

Over 1700 men worked on the building of the Queensway Tunnel, with 17 sadly killed during the construction. Teams started work on both the Wirral and Liverpool sides of the Mersey.

Can I drive through Mersey tunnel?

Both Mersey Tunnels are open 24 hours a day, 364 days a year (on Christmas Day only Kingsway (Wallasey) Tunnel is open). However, we may close one of the Tunnels, usually at night, to carry out maintenance. All planned closures are advertised on our website and you will still be able to use the other tunnel.

Can you ride through the Mersey tunnel?

You’re allowed to ride your bike – sometimes
You are not allowed to cycle through the Queensway between Monday to Friday from 6am to 8pm, or on Sundays between 8am and 9pm from April 1 to September 30.

Can you pay by card Liverpool tunnel?

Customers who pay the Mersey Tunnel Toll by debit or credit card in our toll lanes are able to obtain a card payment receipt via this website. Receipts are available for viewing and downloading up to 6 months after your journey. To request a receipt, please have your card payment details available and click here.

Why do you have to pay for Mersey tunnel?

Why do we have to pay a toll to use them? Because the tunnels were built as a joint venture by local authorities in Merseyside they are not part of the national road network, which is paid for indirectly via road tax and general taxation.

Is the Liverpool tunnel underwater?

The Queensway tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. Locally, it is often referred to as the “Birkenhead tunnel” or “old tunnel”, to distinguish it from the newer Kingsway tunnel (1971), which serves Wallasey and the M53 motorway traffic.

How deep are the Mersey Tunnels?

The tunnel is not very deep, with the lowest point being only 170 feet below high water level in the river. (At one point, mid river, there is only 4 feet of solid rock above the tunnel.

What does a blue light in a tunnel mean?

Another question about blue marker lights in tunnels. Answer: distance seperation markers.

How polluted is the Mersey?

The River Mersey was proportionally more polluted than the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – containing equivalent to 2 million pieces of microplastic per square km.

Are there sharks in the Mersey?

And whilst most don’t often think of the UK for sharks , Merseyside has 23 known species.

Did a ferry sink on the Mersey?

The neglect of MV Royal Iris, the famous Mersey Ferry as it rots and sinks beneath the Thames can be seen in new photos.

Are there cameras in the Mersey tunnel?

There are 16 cameras on the Kingsway (Wallasey) and 21 on the Queensway (Birkenhead) tunnels which between them see more than 70,000 journeys per day. The Vega Basic traffic monitoring cameras read vehicle number plates and activate the payment process if the plates are registered to an account.

Do you have to pay to drive through Liverpool?

Check and pay a charge
The zones operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year. The charge period runs from midnight to midnight. You must pay the charge by 11:59pm on the sixth day after driving into the zone. You can pay up to 6 days before you travel.

How much is the toll to cross the Mersey?

How much will it cost to cross the bridges?

What happens if you change lane in a tunnel?

Do not swap lanes when entering the tunnel, this is considered to be dangerous driving. With no hard shoulder, narrower lanes and reduced visibility, this makes overtaking in the tunnels extremely dangerous. Stay safe and be driver aware!

Are there two Mersey Tunnels?

The Mersey Tunnels connect the city of Liverpool with Wirral, under the River Mersey. There are three tunnels: the Mersey Railway Tunnel (opened 1886), and two road tunnels, the Queensway Tunnel (opened 1934) and the Kingsway Tunnel (opened 1971).

How much is the Kingsway Tunnel Liverpool?

£2 for
The Kingsway Tunnel (or Wallasey Tunnel) is a toll road tunnel under the River Mersey between Liverpool and Wallasey. The 1.5 mi (2.4 km) tunnel carries the A59.
Kingsway Tunnel.