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Zoji La Tunnel is an under-construction 9.5 m wide, 7.57 m high and 14.2 km long, horseshoe-shaped single-tube, 2 lane road tunnel at the height of 11,575 feet (3,528 m) above sea level which passes under the Zoji La pass in the Himalayas between Ganderbal of Kashmir (J&K) and Drass town in Kargil district of Ladakh.
Zoji La (sometimes Zojila Pass) is a high mountain pass in the Himalayas. It is in the Kargil district , Indian Union territory of Ladakh. Located in the Dras subdivision, the pass connects the Kashmir Valley to its west with the Dras and Suru valleys to its northeast and the Indus valley further east.
Eysturoy Tunnel, which opened in 2020, took four years to complete. It dramatically cut the travel time between the Faroe Islands capital on the island of Streymoy and neighboring Eysturoy island.
The tunnel is 10 m wide with a 7.5 m wide parallel escape tunnel to be used both in an emergency and as the railway tunnel. The tunnel is designed for the flow of 1,000 vehicles an hour at an approved maximum speed of 80 km per hour. The tunnel is located at an elevation of 2,637 meters (8,652 ft) above sea level.
Longest tunnel of the Central Yunnan Water Diversion Project [93] Railway Twin Tube Mont d'Ambin Base Tunnel: Cottian Alps, France/Italy 57,500 m (35.729 mi) 2032 [94] Part of the Lyon–Turin high-speed railway. Reconnaissance tunnels under construction since 2002; construction of main tunnel started in 2016. [95] Railway Twin Tube Brenner ...
Poola Subbaiah Veligonda Project Tunnel - II [70] [65] Andhra Pradesh, India: 18.83 km (11.7 mi) 2021 [needs update] Irrigation Poola Subbaiah Veligonda Project Tunnel - I [70] [65] Andhra Pradesh, India: 18.82 km (11.7 mi) 2020 [needs update] [71] Irrigation Many more tunnels that are shorter than 15 kilometres (9 mi) are under construction
Baltal is a camping ground for pilgrims, 75 km from Ganderbal town in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, India and 93 km from capital city Srinagar and 15 km north of Sonamarg on the Sind River at the base of Zojila pass.
Auxiliary construction tunnels have been found that were closed after completion. At the end of each tunnel, seating niches have been cut out or the tunnel is widened with a longer seating bench. Type C has multiple horizontal slip passages and there is a round trip tunnel at the end or in the middle that is high enough to walk through upright.