(the) Severn Tunnel

(the) Severn Tunnel
the Severn Tunnel [the Severn Tunnel]
a rail tunnel under the river ↑Severn between south-west England and south Wales. It was built near ↑Bristol between 1873 and 1886 and is 4.35 miles/7 kilometres long, the longest tunnel in Britain.

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