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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
Construction started in March 2015. Together with the already constructed Inntal Tunnel it will form the world's longest continuous railway tunnel with 64 km. [97] [98] Metro Thomson–East Coast Line: MRT, Singapore 43,000 m (26.719 mi) 2024 Excluding planned extension Railway Yigong tunnel: Tibet, China 42,500 m (26.408 mi) [99] 2030
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 ...
The first section of a record-breaking tunnel that will link Denmark and Germany by descending up to 40 meters beneath the Baltic Sea, has been completed. World’s longest road and rail tunnel is ...
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 1800 vehicles per hour and equipped with 4 ventilation centres (one shaft with a height of 736 metres is the deepest in Europe), 12 vents, 43 cameras for traffic monitoring and 16 niches. In 1998 the tunnel was used by 2.6 million vehicles, where 18% are accounting for freight transport.
The new tunnel, named Juan Carlos I Tunnel in honour of the Spanish king Juan Carlos I, is 5,230 m (3.25 mi) long and was opened in 2007 with two lanes heading southbound and one lane northbound. The old tunnel is nowadays used as an emergency exit and since July 2011, also as a lane used by trucks which carry flammable or other types of ...