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Alpine Tunnel is a 1,772 ft (540 m) narrow gauge railroad tunnel located east of Pitkin, Colorado, on the former Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad route from Denver to Gunnison. At an elevation of 11,523 feet (3,512 m), it was the first tunnel constructed across the Continental Divide in Colorado and was the highest railroad tunnel in ...
Gotthard Road Tunnel (road tunnel, 16.9 km) Ceneri Base Tunnel (railway tunnel, 15.4 km) Furka Base Tunnel (narrow gauge railway tunnel with car transportation, 15.4 km) Gotthard Railway Tunnel (railway tunnel, 15.0 km) Lötschberg Tunnel (railway tunnel, 14.6 km) Zimmerberg Base Tunnel (railway tunnel, 9.4 km) Seelisberg Tunnel (road tunnel, 9 ...
The Ceneri Base Tunnel was opened on 3 September 2020 and became fully operational in December 2020 and is an important feeder for the Gotthard Base Tunnel. [4] A decision to fully complete the second tube of the Lötschberg Base Tunnel was made in early-2024, with an estimated cost of CHF 1.7 billion [ 5 ] and construction expected to extend ...
The Mont Blanc tunnel, used by more than 1.7 million vehicles last year, will close on Sept. 4 for 15 weeks, raising concern over its impact on Italy's economy, including tourism and exports.
The following are the main paved road passes across the Alps. Main indicates on the main chain of the Alps, from south west to east.Passes on subsidiary ranges are listed where the ridge leaves the main chain – N/W indicates north or west of the main chain, S/E on the south or east side.
Alpine Tunnel: 11,523 feet (3,512 m) Alpine Tunnel, first tunnel over Continental Divide in Colorado, highest railroad tunnel and at 1,772 ft (540 m) longest narrow-gauge tunnel in North America. Tunnel abandoned since 1910, impassable, unpaved road on approaches, reconstructed telegraph office with station platform near southern (wester
Passed through the Hagerman Tunnel, replaced in 1893 by the Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel. Reverted to original route between 1897 and 1899 Alpine Tunnel: Colorado: 11,612 ft (3,539 m) Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad: Colorado and Southern Railway: 1881–1910 Narrow gauge Marshall Pass: Colorado: 10,856 ft (3,309 m) Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
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