Main Street Tunnel Main Street Tunnel The Main Street Tunnel, located in Welland, Ontario, Canada, is an underwater tunnel, carrying Niagara Road 27 and the unsigned designation of Highway 7146 under the Welland Canal. It is named as a part of East Main Street. The structure was built as a part of the Welland By-Pass project. Its construction was relatively easy since, like the Townline Tunnel, it was constructed at the same time as the channel above it and a simple cut and cover. The tunnel was officially opened on May 20, 1972. The tunnel links Highway 406 on the west side of
Cycling in the Channel Tunnel cycle the 100-kilometre round-trip from Folkestone to Coquelles and back again. The journey took around five hours to complete, while wearing full overalls and needing to carry respirators. In November 1993, journalists Nick Dutton-Taylor and Damon Brown used the same Saracen bicycles as other construction workers to cycle into the tunnel for an article in "Mountain Biking UK". They were trained and accompanied by the cycling trainer Clive, but not allowed to go the full way through. On the night of 2/3 December 1994, a group of professional and semi-professional cyclists went road bicycle racing from London to Paris in