Daspoort Tunnel

Daspoort Tunnel
Daspoort Tunnel
	Daspoort Tunnel southern entrance
	Interactive map of Daspoort Tunnel
Overview
Official name	Ollie Deneyschen Tunnel
Location	Danville, Pretoria
Coordinates	25.7310°S 28.1350°E
Route	R55 Transoranje Road
Start	May 1969
Operation
Opened	10 August 1972
Owner	City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
Technical
Design engineer	Van Niekerk, Kleyn & Edwards
Length	573 m
No. of lanes	2
Operating speed	60 km/h
Tunnel clearance	7.5 m
Width	11.6 m

The Ollie Deneyschen Tunnel, usually called the Daspoort Tunnel is a road tunnel in Pretoria, South Africa. It connects the suburbs of Claremont and Danville. It was constructed after Pretoria City Councillor A.P. Deneyschen noticed that Iscor workers living in Hercules were forced to travel a long distance to work. Construction of the tunnel took 40 months, and cost R1.7 million. It was opened on 10 August 1972 by Mayor of Pretoria GJ Malherbe. It has a length of 573 m, width of 11.6 m, a height of 7.5 m in the middle and 13.6 m at the ends, and has a capacity of 6000 vehicles a day.^[1] The tunnel lies on the R55 regional route. Currently, the tunnel is used by commuters from the Claremont and Danville regions to travel to the Pretoria CBD and Pretoria North regions and beyond.