What is the longest multi purpose tunnel?

The Laerdal Tunnel in western Norway is the longest road tunnel in the world. It takes about 20 minutes to pass through the tunnel.



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World's longest railway tunnel, Gotthard Base Tunnel, Switzerland.

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Longest motorway tunnels: the Frejus Tunnel in first place in Italy. The longest motorway tunnel in Italy is located under the Alps, on the border with France, connecting Bardonecchia in Val di Susa, and Modane, in the French Savoy.

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The Apennine Base Tunnel, alternatively known as the Grand Apennine Tunnel, is a railway base tunnel 18.507 kilometres (11.500 mi) long on the Bologna-Florence Direttissima line in central Italy.

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Seikan Tunnel, Japan Construction of the Seikan tunnel experienced many technical challenges as the infrastructure sits through an earthquake-prone zone. The engineers couldn't use tunnel boring machines (TBM) as the rock and soil underneath the Tsugaru Strait was arbitrarily unpredictable.

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It is actually composed of three tunnels, each 50km long, bored at an average 40m below the sea bed. They link Folkestone (Kent) to Coquelles (Pas-de-Calais). Eurotunnel Shuttles, Eurostar and freight trains runs on two monodirectional single-track tunnels.

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1. -The Laerdal tunnel. With its 24.5 kilometers, Laerdal tunnel is the longest in the world, traversing several mountainous formations between Laerdal and Aurland, in western Norway.

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10 of the world's greatest tunnels
  • Seikan Tunnel (Japan) — ...
  • Bund Sightseeing Tunnel (China) — ...
  • Gotthard Base Tunnel (Switzerland) — ...
  • Lærdal Tunnel (Norway) — ...
  • Channel Tunnel (UK and France) — ...
  • Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line (Japan) — ...
  • Eisenhower Tunnel (Colorado) — ...
  • Spiralen tunnel (Norway) —


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