The Piet Hein Tunnel () is a 1.9 km long
tunnel
A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, and enclosed except for the entrance and exit, commonly at each end. A pipeline is not a tunnel, though some recent tunnels have used immersed tube cons ...
under the
IJ in
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...
, the
Netherlands
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. It provides a road link running east–west between the city center and the
A10 ring-road, and since May 2005 also provides a
tram link between the
Amsterdam Centraal railway station and
Haveneiland,
IJburg
IJburg () is a residential neighbourhood under construction in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is situated in the IJmeer and is being built on artificial islands which have been raised from the lake. The Haveneiland, Rieteilanden, Steigereiland and ...
. Completed in 1997, the tunnel, approaches and related buildings were designed by the
hypermodernist Dutch architectural firm Van Berkel + Bos, and was named after the Dutch naval hero
Piet Hein.
Road tunnels in the Netherlands
Tunnels completed in 1997
Tunnels in Amsterdam
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