Daspoort Tunnel (Q5226819)

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Ollie Deneyschen Tunnel, usually called the Daspoort Tunnel is a road tunnel in Pretoria, South Africa. It connects the suburbs of Claremont and Danville. It was constructed after Pretoria City Councillor A.P. Deneyschen noticed that Iscor workers living in Hercules were forced to travel a long distance to work. Construction of the tunnel took 40 months, and cost R1.7 million. It was opened on 10 August 1972 by Mayor of Pretoria GJ Malherbe. It has a length of 573 m, width of 11.6 m, a height of 7.5 m in the middle and 13.6 m at the ends, and has a capacity of 6000 vehicles a day. The tunnel lies on the R55 regional route.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Die Daspoorttonnel of Ollie Denyschentonnel is 'n tonnel in die Wesmoot in Pretoria wat deur die Daspoortrand gaan en Daspoort met Danville verbind in 'n noord/suid rigting. Die tonnel is 573 m lank, 11.6 m wyd met 'n hoogte van 7.5 m in middel en 13.6 m by die ingange. Die tonnel is gedurende die vroeë sewentigs voltooi en op 10 Augustus 1972 amptelik geopen. Die tonnel beskik oor twee bane vir verkeer sowel as twee voetpaaie weerskante van die verkeersbane. Tans gebruik nie net motoriste die tonnel nie maar ook skoliere hetsy per voet op per fiets. Die noordelike ingang van die tonnel is gebou in harde kwartsiet terwyl die suidelike ingang gebou is in sagte skalie.

Wikidata location: -25.7307, 28.1350 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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way: Daspoort Tunnel (OSM), 0 m from Wikidata [show tags]
ref: R55
name: Daspoort Tunnel
lanes: 2
layer: -1
tunnel: yes
highway: secondary
surface: asphalt
alt_name: Ollie Deneyschen Tunnel
maxspeed: 60
wikidata: Q5226819
wikipedia: en:Daspoort Tunnel
overtaking: no
start_date: 1972-08-10

wikidata match: Q5226819

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subterranea (Q863404) location=underground

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Road tunnels in Africa type=tunnel, tunnel
Tunnels completed in 1972 type=tunnel, tunnel
Tunnels in South Africa type=tunnel, tunnel