Tunnel de la Croix-Rousse

45°46′26″N 4°49′13″E / 45.77389°N 4.82028°E / 45.77389; 4.82028

Tunnel de la Croix-Rousse

East entrance, Rhone side.
Overview
Location	Lyon, France
Operation
Opened	19 April 1952
Technical
Length	1,782 m

The Tunnel de la Croix-Rousse is a pair of two tunnels located in the 1st and 4th arrondissements of Lyon, a road tunnel opened to traffic on 19 April 1952 and a sustainable transport tunnel opened in 2013.

Description

It follows the line of the Route nationale 6 and is a link between the Rhône to the Saône rivers. It crosses the hill of la Croix-Rousse. The roadway was composed of 2 x 2 routes with no real separation of roadways until the construction of a central wall in 1999. Its use is only for vehicles with weights less than 3.5 tonnes. The tunnel length is 1,782 meters.

The speed is limited to 50 km/h (30 km/h when it rains) and an automatic radar used to be located at its exit in the direction Lyon-Vaise.

A separate route for buses, pedestrians and cyclists was opened in 2013.^[1] This route is also a safety access to the car tunnel and is illuminated with colored lights, and video displays and music are played as entertainment for the pedestrians and cyclists.^[2]

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  East entrance before addition of second tube.
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  Second tube dedicated to sustainable mode of transport.
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  West entrance, Saône side.
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  Safety access door to the car tube

See also

• List of tunnels by location
• La Croix-Rousse

References