The Tunnel Tiergarten Spreebogen is a 2.4 km long road tunnel in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
which connects
Berlin Hauptbahnhof
Berlin Hauptbahnhof () (English: Berlin Central Station) is the main railway station in Berlin, Germany. It came into full operation two days after a ceremonial opening on 26 May 2006. It is located on the site of the historic Lehrter Bahnhof, ...
and
Tiergarten. It is known as Tiergartentunnel.
![200806 Berlin 729](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/200806_Berlin_729.JPG)
Each section has two lanes and a narrow standing strip. At the northern end there are access roads to Minna-Cauer-Straße and
Invalidenstraße. The southern access roads are on
Tiergartenstraße and the Reichpietschufer / George C. Marshall Bridge. It is part of the
Bundesstraße 96 and the
Inner Ring Road (Innenstadtring).
It was opened on 26 March 2006. Construction began in 2002. A similar tunnel is the
SMART Tunnel
The Stormwater Management And Road Tunnel (SMART Tunnel), E38, is a storm drainage and road structure in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and a major Malaysian National Projects, national project in the country. The tunnel is the longest stormwater drai ...
in Kuala Lumpur.
In popular culture
In 2004 – two years before it commissioned, the tunnel was used for filming
The Bourne Supremacy
''The Bourne Supremacy'' is the second Jason Bourne novel written by Robert Ludlum, first published in 1986. It is the sequel to Ludlum's bestseller '' The Bourne Identity'' (1980) and precedes Ludlum's final Bourne novel, '' The Bourne Ultima ...
, it provides several vehicles in the killing spree. It plays in
Moscow
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, but its shot in Berlin.
External links
Tunnel Tiergarten Spreebogen – TTS(PDF; 1,9 MB) Map of the Tunnel Tiergarten Spreebogen
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Road tunnels in Germany
Moabit
Roads in Berlin
Buildings and structures in Mitte