Lefortovo tunnel is a road tunnel

Tunnel

A tunnel is an underground passageway, completely enclosed except for openings for egress, commonly at each end.A tunnel may be for foot or vehicular road traffic, for rail traffic, or for a canal. Some tunnels are aqueducts to supply water for consumption or for hydroelectric stations or are sewers...

 in the Lefortovo District

Lefortovo District

Lefortovo District is a district of South-Eastern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. Population: It is named after a close associate of Tsar Peter the Great Franz Lefort, whose troops were stationed nearby at the German Quarter. The district is considered to be founded in 1699. In the 18th...

 in Moscow, Russia

Russia

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, opened in 2003. It is a part of the Third Ring Road. At 3.2 km long, it is the third longest in-city tunnel of Europe

Europe

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 (after the Södra länken

Södra länken

Södra länken , National road 75 , is a motorway in Sweden connecting Essingeleden , Stockholm with Värmdöleden , Nacka. Södra länken is 6 km in length, of which 4.7 km is in tunnels. This makes it the second longest urban motorway tunnel in Europe after Madrid M30 orbital motorway...

 in Stockholm

Stockholm

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 at 4.7 km, and the Dublin Port Tunnel

Dublin Port Tunnel

The Dublin Port Tunnel is a road traffic tunnel in Dublin, Ireland, that forms part of the M50 motorway....

 at 4.5 km).

The tunnel runs under the Yauza River

Yauza River

This article is about a river in Moscow, a tributary of the Moskva River. There are three other Yauza rivers in Central Russia: tributaries of the Lama, Gzhat and Sestra....

, and water leaks in at some points. The temperature

Temperature

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 can reach as low as −38 degrees Celsius

Celsius

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 (as during the winter of 2005), causing the water on the road's surface to freeze.

It has been nicknamed "The Tunnel of Death" (Тоннель Смерти) owing to its high accident rate and a viral video

Viral video

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 circulating around the Internet

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compiling footage of vehicle accidents (many caused by skidding on ice in winters) recorded by monitoring cameras.

External links

• Tunnel boring equipment from construction
• Street map, showing the Lefortovo tunnel as a double dotted line
• Lefortovo monitoring structure monitoring
• Video of Lefortovo Tunnel crashes Clean version: Лефортово - тоннель смерти