Lefortovo Tunnel (russian: Лефо́ртовский тоннель) is a road

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in the

Lefortovo District Lefortovo District ( rus, райо́н Лефо́ртово, a=Ru-Lefortovo.ogg, p=lʲɪˈfortəvə) is a district of South-Eastern Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Its area is . Population: History The Lefortovo Dis ...

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, opened in 2003. It carries seven lanes of the Third Ring Road. At long, it is the fifth longest urban tunnel of

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(after the M30 RingRoad tunnels in

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in Stockholm at , and the

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at ). The Third Ring Road was originally planned for a surface alignment across the historic district of Lefortovo; however, public outcry from local residents blocked these plans, and the tunnel was built instead. The tunnel runs under the

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, and water leaks in at some points. The

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has reached as low as (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» — Лефортовский тоннель вновь стал рекордсменом по количеству аварий
rg.ru проверено 29 May 2012 owing to its high accident rate and a

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

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Tunnel boring equipment
from construction

showing the Lefortovo tunnel as a double dotted line
Lefortovo monitoring
structure monitoring
Video
of Lefortovo Tunnel crashe
Clean version: Лефортово - тоннель смерти
Streets in Moscow Road tunnels in Russia Tunnels completed in 2003 {{Roads in Moscow