North-Western Tunnel

North-Western Tunnel

Overview
Location	Serebryany bor forest, Moscow, Russia
Coordinates	55°46′37.75″N 37°23′54.88″E / 55.7771528°N 37.3985778°E / 55.7771528; 37.3985778
Route	M9 motorway Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Metro Line
Operation
Opened	December 27, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-12-27)
Traffic	Automotive, rail
Character	Highway, subway

North-Western Tunnel (Russian: Северо-Западный тоннель) is a road and subway tunnel in Moscow, Russia. It is a part of the Krasnopresnensky prospekt, that extends the M9 motorway to the city center, and of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Metro Line. It is about 2.8 km (1.7 mi) long and is the fourth longest in-city tunnel of Europe (after the Dublin Port Tunnel at 4.5 km, the Södra länken in Stockholm at 4.5 km and Giovanni XXIII Tunnel in Rome at 2.9 km).

It runs under the Serebryany bor forest. The double-level tunnel combines the road and railway traffic.

The tunnel was opened on December 27, 2007.

• Zhivopisny Bridge (another part of the Krasnopresnensky prospekt)

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