Editing Queensway Tunnel (section)

===Opening===
At the time of its opening in 1934, it was the longest road tunnel in the world, a title it held for 14&nbsp;years until the opening of the [[Vielha Tunnel]] in [[Catalonia]], Spain, in 1948, though it remained the longest underwater tunnel as of 1955.<ref>{{cite book|title=Guinness World Records 2015|date=September 2014 |publisher=The Jim Pattison Group|isbn=978-1-908843-62-3|page=184|edition=British}}</ref> The tunnel, which cost a total of £8&nbsp;million, was opened on 18&nbsp;July 1934 by [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]]; the opening ceremony was watched by 200,000&nbsp;people. At the time it was known as the eighth wonder of the world.<ref name=coslett>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2006/12/04/local_history_queensway_tunnel_feature.shtml|first=Paul|last=Coslett|title=Queensway Tunnel: The Queensway Tunnel celebrates 75 years of operation this year with a special walk through |publisher=BBC|date=4 December 2006|access-date=24 April 2016}}</ref>