Havana Tunnel

{{Infobox tunnel

|name = Havana Tunnel

|image = Tunnel entrance from East Havana.jpg

|caption = Entrance to tunnel from East Havana

|location = Havana, Cuba

|coordinates ={{coord|23.150708|-82.354717|region:CU_type:landmark_source:kolossus-ptwiki|display=inline,title}}

|route = x24px 2–I–3 (Circuito Norte)

|start = Malecón in Old Havana

|end = 19px A2 / 19px 2–400 in Habana del Este

|startwork = {{Start date|1957}}

|opened = {{Start date|1958|05|31}}

|close =

|owner = Cuban government (contested){{efn|The confiscation of private property led the U.S. into severing diplomatic relations in 1961 and installing a brutal trade blocade and various sanctions against Cuba affecting the life of millions of Cubans. Over the years the UN requested at multiple occasions the end of the illegal and inhumane blockade.{{cite web|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-114hhrg95131/html/CHRG-114hhrg95131.htm|title=HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE of the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION|access-date=2020-02-25}}}}{{cite web|url=https://www.akingump.com/en/news-insights/trump-administration-authorizes-lawsuits-against-companies-that.html|title=Trump Administration Authorizes Lawsuits Against Companies That Deal in Property Confiscated by the Cuban Government and Tightens Other Sanctions Against Cuba|access-date=2022-05-12}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lw.com/thoughtLeadership/10-Things-to-Know-US-Allows-Lawsuits-Relating-to-Trafficking-in-Confiscated-Property-in-Cuba|title=US Allows Lawsuits Relating to "Trafficking" in Confiscated Property in Cuba|access-date=2022-05-12|archive-date=2023-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011180310/https://www.lw.com/en|url-status=dead}}

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|traffic = Automotive

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|toll = None

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|lanes = 4 (total)

|speed = 50 kilometers per hour

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|system=Immersed tube tunnel|engineer=José Menéndez Menéndez|pushpin_map=Cuba|other_name=El Túnel de la Bahía}}

Havana Tunnel is a route under the Havana Bay, built by the French company Societé de Grand Travaux de Marseille between 1957 and 1958.{{cite web|url=http://www.havana-guide.com/havana-tunnel.html|title=Havana Tunnel|access-date=2020-01-10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lahabana.com/guide/havanas-tunnel/|title=Havana’s Tunnel|access-date=2020-01-10|archive-date=2018-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627195823/http://www.lahabana.com/guide/havanas-tunnel/|url-status=dead}} The president of the Republic Fulgencio Batista planned to expand the city to Habana del Este with a new suburb, and a new connection between Havana Vieja and the east side across Havana Bay was required.

File:Entrance to Havana Bay tunnel under construction, Havana, Cuba.jpg

The tunnel extends from the Paseo de Prado, is 733 m long and 12 m below ground level. It takes a driver 45 seconds traveling at a speed of 60 km/h to traverse the tunnel. In the 1970s the new suburb of Alamar in East Havana was built with the aid of the former Soviet Union. The new suburb was composed of Soviet-style concrete buildings, with no city center or character.File: Havana_Tunnel.jpg