Rove Tunnel
The southeastern portal in Marseille | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Location | Marseille area |
| Coordinates | South portal: 43°21′35″N 5°17′38″E / 43.359642°N 5.293919°E North portal 43°23′59″N 5°13′29″E / 43.399599°N 5.224739°E |
| Status | Closed |
| Start | L'Estaque (southeast) |
| End | Étang de Berre (northwest) |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 25 April 1927 |
| Character | Canal tunnel |
| Technical | |
| Length | 7,120 metres (23,360 ft) long |
| Tunnel clearance | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Width | 22 m (72 ft) |
The Rove Tunnel (French: Tunnel du Rove) is a currently out-of-use canal tunnel in Southern France that connected the 16th arrondissement of Marseille to the Étang de Berre in the Bouches-du-Rhône department from 1927 to 1963. It allowed for waterway transport avoiding the Mediterranean Sea towards the Rhône within the larger Canal de Marseille au Rhône. With a length of 7,120 metres (23,360 ft) it was a major work of civil engineering; it remains the longest canal tunnel in the world.