Great tunnels of the world

Great tunnels of the world

Table
Great tunnels of the world
tunnel location length

br>km       miles year
completed use notes
Seikan Japan 53.9 33.5 1988 railway passes under stormy Tsugaru Strait between the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido
Channel Tunnel
(Eurotunnel) England-France 50.5 31.4 1994 railway passes under the English Channel between Folkestone, England, and Calais, France
Lötschberg
base Switzerland 34.6 21.5 2007 railway rail link under Lötschen Pass between Bern and Valais cantons
Iwate-Ichinohe Japan 25.8 15.7 2002 railway carries the Tohoku high-speed line through mountains between Tokyo and northern Honshu
Lærdal Norway 24.5 15.3 2000 highway carries the main cross-country highway through the mountains in central Norway
Daishimizu
(Great Shimizu) Japan 22.2 13.8 1982 railway on the Joetsu high-speed line across Honshu between Tokyo and Niigata
Simplon II Italy-Switzerland 19.8 12.3 1922 railway rail link under the Simplon Pass, the traditional divide between northern and southern Europe
Simplon I Italy-Switzerland 19.8 12.3 1906 railway rail link under the Simplon Pass, the traditional divide between northern and southern Europe
Vereina Switzerland 19.1 11.9 1999 railway rail link under the Flüela Pass between the upper Rhine and lower Engadin valleys
Shin-Kanmon
(New Kanmon) Japan 18.7 11.6 1975 railway carries the Sanyo high-speed line under Kanmon Strait between the islands of Honshu and Kyushu
Great Apennine Italy 18.5 11.5 1934 railway rail link through mountains between Bologna and Florence
Qinling China 18.5 11.5 2001 railway traverses the Qin (Tsinling) Mountains, the historic barrier between northern and southern China
St. Gotthard Switzerland 16.9 10.5 1980 highway links Uri and Ticino cantons under the St. Gotthard Pass
Haruna Japan 15.4 9.6 1982 railway on the Joetsu high-speed line across Honshu between Tokyo and Niigata
Severomuiskiy Russia 15.3 9.5 2003 railway link on the Baikal-Amur railway in the Russian republic of Buryatia
St. Gotthard Switzerland 15.0 9.3 1882 railway carries the Zürich-Milan line under the St. Gotthard Pass between Uri and Ticino cantons
Mount MacDonald British Columbia,
Canada 14.6 9.1 1988 railway carries the Canadian Pacific Railway under Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park
Dayaoshan China 14.3 8.9 1988 railway carries a dual-track line through the Nan Mountains, northern Guangdong province
Arlberg Austria 14.0 8.7 1978 highway provides a road link under the Arlberg Pass between Tirol and Vorarlberg provinces
Hokuriku Japan 13.9 8.6 1962 railway on the Hokuriku line along the Sea of Japan
Mount Cenis France-Italy 13.7 8.5 1871 railway carries the main Paris-Turin line through the Alps at the Fréjus Pass
Hex River South Africa 13.4 8.3 1989 railway penetrates the mountains between the Hex River valley and the Great Karoo upland
Fréjus France-Italy 12.9 8.0 1980 highway carries the Lyon-Turin highway through the Alps at the Fréjus Pass
Cascade Washington, U.S. 12.5 7.8 1929 railway penetrates the Cascade Range, linking the American Midwest and Pacific Northwest
Mont Blanc France-Italy 11.6 7.2 1965 highway road link between Haute-Savoie, France, and Valle d'Aosta, Italy, under Europe's highest peak
See as table:

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Toll roads around the world — Asia ChinaNearly all Chinese expressways and express routes charge tolls, although they are not often networked from one toll expressway to another. However, beginning with the Jingshen Expressway, tolls are gradually being networked. Given the… …   Wikipedia

  • Major volcanoes of the world — ▪ Table Major volcanoes of the world region elevation* first recorded eruption comments feet metres Mediterranean Etna (Etna, Mount), Sicily, Italy 10,991 3,350 1500 BC The tallest active volcano in Europe, Etna has had recorded eruptions for… …   Universalium

  • tunnels and underground excavations — ▪ engineering Introduction        Great tunnels of the world Great tunnels of the worldhorizontal underground passageway produced by excavation or occasionally by nature s action in dissolving a soluble rock, such as limestone. A vertical opening …   Universalium

  • List of tunnels in the United States — The following is a list of tunnels in the United States of America.See: List of tunnelsAlabama*Bankhead Tunnel, US 98, Mobile *George Wallace Tunnel, Interstate 10, Mobile *5th Avenue North Tunnel, Birmingham The tunnel runs beneath the site of… …   Wikipedia

  • Construction of the World Trade Center — For the post 9/11 rebuilding and ongoing construction at the World Trade Center site, see World Trade Center site. The completed World Trade Center in March 2001 The construction of the World Trade Center was conceived as an urban renewal project …   Wikipedia

  • List of tallest structures in the world — Map of all coordinates from Google Map of all coordinates from Bing Export all coordinates as KML …   Wikipedia

  • The Wives of Bath — Infobox Book | name = The Wives Of Bath image caption = author = Susan Swan cover artist = Chris Nicholls (photograph), Diti Katona (design) country = Canada language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Knopf Canada (Canada), Alfred A.… …   Wikipedia

  • World War I — the war fought mainly in Europe and the Middle East, between the Central Powers and the Allies, beginning on July 28, 1914, and ending on November 11, 1918, with the collapse of the Central Powers. Abbr.: WWI Also called Great War, War of the… …   Universalium

  • The Death Gate Cycle — is a seven part series (heptalogy) of fantasy novels written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. The main conflict is between two powerful races, the Sartan and the Patryns, which branched off from humans following a nuclear/anti matter holocaust …   Wikipedia

  • The Drifting Classroom — Volume 1, English edition. 漂流教室 (Hyōryū Kyōshitsu) Genre Horror …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”