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Main Street Tunnel

East Main Street, Welland, ON L3B 4G2, Canada

Main Street Tunnel carries a farm track over the Welland Canal near to Plymouth Aqueduct.

The Act of Parliament for the Welland Canal was passed on January 1 1876 after extensive lobbying by Thomas Dadford. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Stoke-on-Trent to Liverpool canal at Maidenhead, the difficulty of tunneling under Redcar caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Plymouth instead. In Peter Harding's "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" he describes his experiences passing through Manford Cutting during the war.

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Main Street Tunnel is a minor waterways place on the Welland Canal between St. Catharines (Junction of the Welland Canal with Lake Ontario) (18.28 miles and 7 locks to the north) and Port Colborne (Junction of the Welland Canal with Lake Erie) (9.72 miles and 1 lock to the south).

The nearest place in the direction of St. Catharines is Welland River Aqueduct; 2.48 miles away.

The nearest place in the direction of Port Colborne is Townline Tunnel; 2.41 miles away.

There may be access to the towpath here.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a small aqueduct or underbridge here which takes a road under the canal.

	Thorold Tunnel	8.72 miles
	Allanburg Lift Bridge	5.85 miles
	Port Robinson	3.17 miles
	Welland (northern entrance)	2.93 miles
	Welland River Aqueduct	2.48 miles
	Main Street Tunnel
	Townline Tunnel	2.41 miles
	Welland (southern entrance)	5.32 miles
	Humberstone (northern entrance)	6.16 miles
	Main Street Bridge No 19	6.65 miles
	Port Colborne Lock No 8	6.84 miles

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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.

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