Broadway Tunnel (San Francisco)
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For the tunnel in Alameda County formerly named the Broadway Tunnel, see Caldecott Tunnel.
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 to the east and Russian Hill and Van Ness Avenue to the west. In a proposal of the city's 1948 Trafficways Plan, the tunnel was to serve as a link between the Embarcadero Freeway and the Central Freeway.[1]
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Location | San Francisco, California |
Coordinates | 37.796812°N 122.414893°W / 37.796812; -122.414893 |
Route | Broadway |
Start | Between Powell and Mason Streets |
End | Between Hyde and Larkin Streets |
Operation | |
Work begun | May 1, 1950 |
Opened | December 21, 1952; 71 years ago (1952-12-21) |
Owner | City of San Francisco |
Operator | City of San Francisco |
Traffic | Automotive and pedestrian |
Technical | |
Length | 1,616 ft (493 m) |
No. of lanes | 4 |
Operating speed | 40 mph (64 km/h) |
Tunnel clearance | 13.5 ft (4.1 m) |
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