New tunnel under the Thames completed

The first of two new road tunnels under the Thames has been completed as part of the Silvertown Tunnel.
(c) Riverlinx
The 1.1km long tunnel has been dig from the north to the south, by a giant tunnel boring maching (TMB), named in honour of Jill Viner, the first female bus driver in London.
Aside from a small section around the tunnel entrances, which will be built using a ‘cut and cover’ technique, the two bores that make up the Silvertown Tunnel are being built using one 82 metre-l