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A new 17-mile underwater tunnel could link Europe’s high-speed rail network to North Africa by 2030 – if a €6bn proposal goes ahead.. The tunnel would introduce a high-speed train service by ...
The Strait of Gibraltar crossing is a hypothetical bridge or tunnel spanning the Strait of Gibraltar (about 14 km or 9 miles at its narrowest point) that would connect Europe and Africa. The governments of Spain and Morocco appointed a joint committee [ 1 ] to investigate the feasibility of linking the two continents in 1979, which resulted in ...
The tunnels of Gibraltar were constructed over the course of nearly 200 years, principally by the British Army. [1] Within a land area of only 2.6 square miles (6.7 km 2), Gibraltar has around 34 miles (55 km) of tunnels, nearly twice the length of its entire road network. The first tunnels, excavated in the late 18th century, served as ...
The Strait of Gibraltar [1] is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa. The two continents are separated by 7.7 nautical miles (14.2 kilometers, 8.9 miles) at its narrowest point. [2] Ferries cross between the two continents every day in as little as 35 minutes.
The Gibraltar Tunnel is proposed to be a rail tunnel linking Africa and Europe. A tunnel would likely be an electrified rail tunnel with car shuttles due to the depth of the Strait of Gibraltar (up to 900 metres (3,000 ft)) and the length of the tunnel making it a great challenge to remove vehicle exhaust. Similar considerations led to the ...
Artemisio Tunnel (road), double tunnel, under Mount Artemision, 1.40 km 76 tunnels of the A2 motorway (Egnatia Odos), most notably in parts of Epirus and Western Macedonia , combined length of 99 km, the longest of which are Driskos Tunnel 4.6 km, Metsovo Tunnel 3.5 km, Dodoni Tunnel 3.6 km, Kastania Tunnel 2.2 km, Anilio Tunnel 2.1 km
Dudley Ward Way is a road tunnel through the south-eastern part of the Rock of Gibraltar. It is named after Sir Alfred Dudley Ward , Governor of Gibraltar from 8 June 1962 to 5 August 1965. The road running through the tunnel links the eastern side of The Rock (including Catalan Bay and Sandy Bay ) via Sir Herbert Miles Road, with Europa Point ...
After 1941 much of the spoil from mining was used for land reclamation into the Bay of Gibraltar to extend the runway of what is now Gibraltar International Airport to 1,550 yards (1,420 m) long and later to 1,800 yards (1,600 m) in length with a width of 150 yards (140 m). Tunnelling created about 7,500 tons of spoil a day and the surplus was ...