North Portal - Tunnel de Ruyaulcourt - Ruyaulcourt - Pas-de-Calais (62) - France
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This is the north portal of the tunnel de Ruyaulcourt near Ruyaulcourt in the Pas-de-Calais (62) in France.
Waymark Code: WM13CAA
Location: Hauts-de-France, France
Date Posted: 11/07/2020
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This is the north portal of the tunnel de Ruyaulcourt near Ruyaulcourt in the Pas-de-Calais (62) in France.
The 4.35 kilometre long tunnel is controlled by traffic lights at each portal. As it is such a long tunnel it has a centre section about 1.30 kilometres long where there is two way operation. There are additional lights at each end of the two way section. It is lit throughout and has a towpath running along one side. Unusually for a canal there are two summits and there is a tunnel on each one; this is the northernmost of two tunnels.
The canal du Nord is 95 kilometres long and is the only French canal to be built to intermediate dimensions between the 250-tonne Freycinet and the modern high-capacity standards. It was opened in 1966 and will be abandoned in the late 2020s as it gets taken over by the future Seine-Nord Europe Canal.
The canal runs from Arleux, near Douai on the Canal de la Sensée to the junction with the Canal latéral à l’Oise at Pont-l’Evêque.
Is the Tunnel in Use?: In Use
Which End is this Entrance?: North
Date Constructed: 01/01/1960
Length of Tunnel: 4350 metres
Construction Material: Rock lined with stone
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