Kanmon Roadway Tunnel
In Japan, the Kanmon Roadway Tunnel carries National Route 2 under the Kanmon Straits. At the time of its construction, it was the longest undersea highway in the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Opening hours: 6:00 AM—10:00 PM
- Type: Building
- Description: roadway tunnel under the Kanmon Straits
- Also known as: “Kammon Tunnel”, “Kammon-kokudō Zuidō”, “Kammon-kokudō-suidō”, “Kammon-kokudō-tonneru”, “Kammon-tonneru”, “Kanmon Tunnel”, and “関門トンネル人道入口”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mekari Shrine and Kanmon Bridge.
Mekari Shrine
Shinto shrine
Photo: Hide-sp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mekari Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kanmon Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Shinkansen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kanmon Bridge is a suspension bridge crossing the Kanmon Straits, a stretch of water separating two of Japan's four main islands. On the Honshū side of the bridge is Shimonoseki and on the Kyūshū side is Kitakyushu, whose former city and present ward, Moji, gave the strait its mon. Kanmon Bridge is situated 390 metres west of Kanmon Roadway Tunnel.
Kanmonkaikyo Mekari
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kanmonkaikyō Mekari Station is a train station in Moji ward of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is on the Mojikō Retro Scenic Line, a heritage railway operated by the Heisei Chikuhō Railway. Kanmonkaikyo Mekari is situated 460 metres east of Kanmon Roadway Tunnel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karato and Shimonoseki.
Karato
Quarter
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Karato is the downtown area of the city of Shimonoseki, Japan. Located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, it is known for its fish market.
Shimonoseki
Shimonoseki is a city in Yamaguchi prefecture and the westernmost municipality on Honshu. The city has been at the center of Japanese history for centuries, but it's best known to culinary daredevils as the home of fugu, a pufferfish as cute looking as it is potentially lethal.
Moji-ku
Suburb
Moji-ku is a Japanese ward of the city of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture. It is the former city of Moji which was one of five merged to create Kitakyūshū in 1963.
Kanmon Roadway Tunnel
- Categories: toll tunnel and undersea tunnel
- Location: Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
33.96124° or 33° 57′ 41″ northLongitude
130.963° or 130° 57′ 47″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
8Q5GXX67+F5OpenStreetMap ID
way 90115760OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Korean—“Kanmon Roadway Tunnel” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “关门隧道”
- Chinese: “關門人行隧道”
- Chinese: “關門國道隧道”
- Chinese: “關門海峽海底隧道行人入口”
- Chinese: “關門隧道”
- French: “tunnel routier de Kanmon”
- French: “Tunnel routier de Kanmon”
- Japanese: “かんもんトンネル”
- Japanese: “関門トンネル”
- Japanese: “関門国道トンネル”
- Korean: “간몬 국도 터널”
- Korean: “간몬 터널”
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