Where is the largest underground tunnel?

in the world Gotthard Base Tunnel (Switzerland) The Gotthard Base Tunnel, the longest railway tunnel in the world, was completed in 2016 and runs through the Swiss Alps. The construction period was 17 years, and the total construction cost was about 1.3 trillion yen (118 billion USD assuming 110 yen to the dollar).



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The Seikan Tunnel is the world's longest undersea tunnel by overall length (the Channel Tunnel, while shorter, has a longer undersea segment).

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The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel will be the longest combined rail and road tunnel anywhere in the world when it is completed in 2029. This €10 billion project - which crosses a stretch of the Baltic Sea known as the Fehmarn Belt - will connect Rødbyhavn on the Danish island of Lolland and Puttgarden in northern Germany.

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With its track located 140m below the seabed, the Seikan tunnel is the world's deepest and longest railway tunnel. Approximately 23.3km of the tunnel lies under the seabed, making it the world's longest undersea tunnel.

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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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In cooperation with Rönesans Holding, the Heitkamp Construction Swiss GmbH tunnel and railroad construction specialists constructed the world's longest and deepest tunnel, the Gotthard Base Tunnel. This 57 kilometre-long tunnel lies at a depth of 2,300 metres.

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Norwegian road infrastructure operator Statens Vegvegsen has officially opened world's deepest subsea tunnel, the 14.4km Ryfylke tunnel near Stavanger. The tunnel reaches a maximum depth of 292m below sea level. It is part of the Ryfast road project to link national highway 13 between Stavanger with Strand in Rogaland.

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Norway, which is considered the world's leader in tunnelling, has a whopping 900 tunnels, including the world's longest road tunnel.

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Fritchley Tunnel is a disused railway tunnel at Fritchley in Derbyshire, England, which is believed to be the oldest surviving example in the world.

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There are a large number of tunnels in the Alps of Central Europe. They have the advantage of providing shorter routes and faster journey times by avoiding narrow, winding routes over mountain passes which may well be affected by winter conditions.

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