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Lianhushan #1 Tunnel China 5.225 km (3.247 mi) [ew] 2016 2 G15 23 Ningbo-Dongguan Expressway: Hulusi Tunnel China 5.215 km (3.240 mi) 2024 2 Mangshi-Lianghe Expressway Chenghaihu #1 Tunnel China 5.205 km (3.234 mi) 2024 2 G42 16 Chengdu-Lijiang Expressway: Tongluoshan Tunnel China 5.197 km (3.229 mi)
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 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, which will be 18 kilometers (11.1 miles) long, is one of Europe’s largest infrastructure projects, with a construction budget of over 7 billion euros ($7.1 billion).
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It is constructed with one pilot tunnel and two main tunnels for eastbound and westbound traffic. The total length is 12.942 km (8.042 mi), making the Hsuehshan Tunnel the ninth longest road tunnel in the world (fifth at the time of opening) and sixth longest in East Asia. The tunnel opened in June 2006 to severe traffic jams. [3]
Chinese workers building what would be the world's longest tunnel have come up against an unexpected problem in one of the driest areas on Earth - gushing streams of water. That is according to ...
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 ...