Location Gibraltar Start Brian Navarro Way Reopened 2 November 2010 Length 500 m Owner Government of Gibraltar Rebuilt 2010 | Status Open Closed 18 February 2002 Opened 1968 Width 7 m End Europa Advance Road | |
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Operator Government of Gibraltar Similar Sandy Bay - Gibraltar, Levant Battery, Ibrahim‑al‑Ibrahim Mosque, Eastern Beach - Gibraltar, Sikorski Memorial | ||
Dudley Ward Way is a road tunnel through the south-eastern part of the Rock of Gibraltar. It is named after Sir Alfred Dudley Ward, Governor of Gibraltar from 8 June 1962 to 5 August 1965. The road running through the tunnel links the eastern side of The Rock (including Catalan Bay and Sandy Bay) via Sir Herbert Miles Road, with Europa Point, at the southern tip of Gibraltar via Europa Advance Road.
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Map of Dudley Ward Way, Gibraltar GX11 1AA, Gibraltar
Opening
Dudley Ward Way was built during the 1956-1968 period by the British Army. After the end of military tunnelling and the departure of the Royal Engineer tunnellers the maintenance of the tunnel was transferred to the civilian authorities.
Closure
Following a rockfall on 18 February 2002 at the approach road to the tunnel from the North, which killed Gibraltarian Brian Navarro while he was travelling by car and exiting the tunnel, the Government of Gibraltar concluded that the risk of further such incidents was too great, and the tunnel was closed indefinitely.
Reopening
In 2007, its reopening was suggested by the Government in order to ease traffic flow in the area of the new Rosia residential developments. Works on the stabilisation of The Rock's cliff began in summer 2009 and the tunnel reopened to traffic on 2 November 2010. To commemorate Brian Navarro, who was killed following a rockfall at the approach road to the tunnel, a plaque was placed at the site and the section of road, from the Admiralty Tunnel entrance in Sandy Bay to Dudley Ward Way's northern entrance, renamed Brian Navarro Way.
The total cost to the Government of the works to reopen the tunnel was £10.6 million.