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The Gotthard Road Tunnel is one of the three tunnels that connect the Swiss Plateau to southern Switzerland and run under the Gotthard Massif, the two other being railway tunnels, the Gotthard Tunnel (1882) and the Gotthard Base Tunnel (2016). All three tunnels bypass the Gotthard Pass, an important trade route since the 13th century.
The Gotthard Tunnel (German: Gotthardtunnel, Italian: Galleria del San Gottardo) is a 15-kilometre-long (9.3 mi) railway tunnel that forms the summit of the Gotthard Railway in Switzerland. It connects Göschenen with Airolo and was the first tunnel through the Saint-Gotthard Massif in order to bypass the St Gotthard Pass .
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.
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2008 Channel Tunnel fire; G. Gotthard Road Tunnel; H. Holland Tunnel fire; Howard Street Tunnel fire; M. Mont Blanc Tunnel fire; S. 1982 Salang Tunnel fire ...
The Tunnel Fire burning 14 miles northeast of Flagstaff climbed back to 19,344 acres by Tuesday evening, officials confirmed. Tunnel Fire: 30% containment reached, size at 19,344 acres; town hall ...
The Swiss federal railway operator, known by its German-language acronym SBB, said the damage from the Aug. 10 derailment in the Gotthard tunnel, Switzerland’s main north-south rail thoroughfare ...
superseded by the Furka Base Tunnel, now used by a heritage railway Giswil Tunnel: 2.066: road: A8 motorway: Girsberg Tunnel: 1.770: road: A7 motorway: Glion Tunnel: 1.350: road: A9 motorway: Gotthard Base Tunnel: 57.104: rail: Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard line: opened on 1 June 2016 Gotthard Rail Tunnel: 15.003: rail: Swiss Federal Railways ...