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The Fréjus Road Tunnel (Italian: Traforo del Fréjus, French: Tunnel du Fréjus) is a tunnel that connects France and Italy. It runs under Col du Fréjus in the Cottian Alps between Modane in France and Bardonecchia in Italy. It is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes between France and Italy being used for 80% of the commercial road ...
The Fréjus Rail Tunnel (also called Mont Cenis Tunnel) is a rail tunnel of 13.7 km (8.5 mi) length in the European Alps, carrying the Turin–Modane railway through Mont Cenis to an end-on connection with the Culoz–Modane railway and linking Bardonecchia in Italy to Modane in France.
The A43 autoroute, also known as l'autoroute alpine and l'autoroute de la Maurienne, is a motorway in France.Travelling through the French Alps, the road connects the city of Lyon with the Tunnel du Fréjus, near Modane, which passes the Italian border towards Turin.
The entrance to Mont Cenis tunnel from the Italian side (Bardonecchia) There are a large number of tunnels in the Alps of Central Europe. They have the advantage of providing shorter routes and faster journey times by avoiding narrow, winding routes over mountain passes which may well be affected by winter conditions.
The highest point of the line is 1,338 metres (4,390 ft), inside the Frejus tunnel. The maximum slope is 3.0%, and the tunnels have a width of 2.72 metres (8 ft 11 in) and a height of 3.96 or 4.11 metres (13 ft 0 in or 13 ft 6 in).
That’s on top of tolls drivers pay for crossing various bridges and tunnels to get to the city in the first place, although there will be a credit of up to $3 for those who have already paid to ...
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The Autostrada A32 or Autostrada del Frejus ("Frejus motorway") is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") 73 kilometres (45 mi) long in Italy located in the region of Piedmont which connects the city of Turin to the A43 autoroute in France through the Fréjus Road Tunnel, located in the municipality of Bardonecchia. It is a part of the E70 ...