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Yayang Tunnel China 6.381 km (3.965 mi) 2026 2 Cangnan-Taishun Expressway Mawan Tunnel China 6.280 km (3.902 mi) 2024 2 Mawan Cross-sea Corridor Jiuling Tunnel China 6.264 km (3.892 mi) 2026 2 G59 12 Fangxian-Wufeng Expressway: Helinyakou Tunnel China 6.260 km (3.9 mi) 2024 2
The Gotthard Road Tunnel in Switzerland runs from Göschenen in the canton of Uri at its northern portal, to Airolo in Ticino to the south, and is 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) in length below the St Gotthard Pass, a major pass of the Alps. At time of construction, in 1980, it was the longest road tunnel in the world; it is currently the fifth ...
The Lærdal Tunnel is the first in the world to be equipped with an air treatment plant, located in a 100-metre (330 ft)-wide cavern about 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) northwest of Aurlandsvangen. Air from the tunnel is drawn into the plant by two large fans, particulates (dust and soot) are removed by an electrostatic filter , and nitrogen dioxide ...
Where the crossing now takes 45 minutes by ferry, it will take just seven minutes by train and 10 minutes by car. Faster journey. The tunnel, whose official name is Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link, will ...
Worlds longest road tunnel Metro Yellow Line (Delhi Metro): GTB Nagar – Qutub Minar [41] Delhi, India 24,000 m (14.913 mi) 2004–2010 Longest tunnel in India Metro Madrid Metro: Line 1: Madrid, Spain 23,876 m (14.836 mi) 1919–2007 Railway Lainzer/Wienerwaldtunnel: west of Vienna, Austria 23,844 m (14.816 mi) 2012 Breakthrough 2007 Wastewater
The longest underwater road tunnel in the world Arlberg: Austria (Vorarlberg - Tyrol) 13.972 km (8.7 mi) 1978 1 S16/E60 "World's longest tunnel" 1979 - 1980: Xishan Tunnel: China 13.654 km (8.5 mi) 2012 [25] 2 S56 Shanxi Taiyuan-Gujiao Expressway Left tube：13.654 m, right tube：13.570 m New Erlangshan Tunnel [26] China
The tunnel is designed for 10,000 vehicles per day and is built with one tube for each traffic-direction, and two vehicular lanes in each tube. The entrance on the Ryfylke side is located about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north of Solbakk in Strand municipality (just south of Tau ).
As of 2016, the Gotthard Base Tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the world. It is the third Swiss tunnel to bear this title, after the Gotthard Tunnel (15 km or 9.3 mi, 1882) and the Simplon Tunnel (19.8 km or 12.3 mi, 1905). [28] It is the third tunnel built under the Gotthard, after the Gotthard Tunnel and the Gotthard Road Tunnel.