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The Dartford Cable Tunnel is a 2.4 km utility tunnel beneath the Thames, upstream of the Dartford Crossing. With a diameter of ~Template:Convert, it carries a 400 kV National Grid electrical transmission cable. It is accessible by foot as a crossing of the Thames, but by authorised personnel only.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="tunnelsonline1">[1] Template:Webarchive</ref> It was built in 2003–04 at a cost of £11 million (equivalent to £Template:Inflation million in Template:Inflation/year).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
See alsoEdit
- 400 kV Thames Crossing
- Thames Cable Tunnel
- Utility vault
- Crossings of the River Thames
- Tunnels underneath the River Thames