The Ãœlemiste Tunnel is a road
tunnel
A tunnel is an underground or undersea passageway. It is dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, or laid under water, and is usually completely enclosed except for the two portals common at each end, though there may be access and ve ...
in
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...
,
Estonia
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.
It is located southeast of the city centre near the
Lake Ãœlemiste
Lake Ãœlemiste () is the largest of the lakes surrounding Tallinn, Estonia. Ãœlemiste is the main part of the Tallinn water supply system, which supplies the city with most of its drinking water. The lake is fed mostly by Kurna stream and the P ...
. The tunnel connects
Peterburi road (
Tallinn–Narva Road, part of
E20) with
Järvevana road (part of the inner
beltway
A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist in reducin ...
). It opened on 9 October 2013. The tunnel is long and consists of two parts divided by a thick concrete wall. It is the only road tunnel of its kind in Estonia.
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Buildings and structures in Tallinn
Tunnels in Estonia
Tunnels completed in 2013
Transport in Tallinn
Road tunnels
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