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List of tunnels by location

The list of tunnels includes any road tunnel, railway tunnel or waterway tunnel anywhere in the world.

Afghanistan

*Salang Tunnel

Australia

*Border Tunnel (rail)

New South Wales

*Cross City Tunnel (Sydney) (road)
*Eastern Distributor Tunnel (Sydney) (road)
*M2 Lane Cove Tunnel (Sydney) (road, under construction)
*M5 East Tunnel (Sydney) (road)
*Sydney Harbour Tunnel (road)
*Sydney underground railways
*Woy Woy Tunnel (rail)

Victoria

*City Loop Tunnel (Melbourne, rail tunnel)
*Burnley Tunnel (Melbourne, part of the CityLink road network)
*Domain Tunnel (Melbourne, part of the CityLink road network)
*EastLink Tunnel (Melbourne, part of the EastLink road network, under construction)
*Westgate Tunnel (Melbourne, a proposed tunnel to reduce congestion on the Westgate Bridge)

Queensland

*Brisbane Inner City Bypass (Brisbane)
*North South Bypass Tunnel (Brisbane, out to tender, part of the TransApex tunnel project)

Western Australia

*Northbridge Tunnel (Perth) (road)
*Swan View Tunnel (Perth) (rail, closed)

Austria

*Amberg Tunnel
*Arlberg Tunnel
*Bosruck Tunnel
*Felbertauern Tunnel
*Ganzstein Tunnel
*Gleinalm Tunnel
*Pfänder Tunnel
*Karawanken Tunnel
*Katschberg Tunnel
*Plabutsch Tunnel
*Tauern Tunnel

Canada

British Columbia

*Cassiar Tunnel, Vancouver
*Connaught Tunnel
*Dunsmuir Tunnel, Vancouver
*Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Tunnel
*George Massey Tunnel, Vancouver
*Mount Macdonald Tunnel
*Spiral Tunnels
*Fraser Canyon Tunnels

Ontario

*Brockville Tunnel
*Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, Windsor
*Main Street Tunnel (Welland)
*Michigan Central Railway Tunnel, Windsor
*St. Clair Tunnel
*Thorold Tunnel
*Townline Tunnel

Quebec

*Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge-Tunnel, Montreal
*Mount Royal Tunnel, Montreal

People's Republic of China

Mainland

* Badaling Tunnel
* Xiaoyue Tunnel

Hong Kong

*Lion Rock Tunnel (cross-mountain) (road and water pipe)
*Eastern Harbour Crossing / Tseung Kwan O Line (underwater) (road and metro)
*Western Harbour Crossing (underwater) (road)
*Tate's Cairn Tunnel (cross-mountain) (road)
*Cheung Tsing Tunnel (cross-mountain) (road)
*Tai Lam Tunnel (cross-mountain) (road)
*Aberdeen Tunnel (cross-mountain) (road)
*Cross Harbour Tunnel (underwater) (road)
*Airport Express / Tung Chung Line (underwater) (metro)
*Tsuen Wan Line (underwater) (metro)
*Beacon Hill Tunnel (cross-mountain) (rail/metro)
*Airport Tunnel (beneath site of former Hong Kong International Airport) (road)

See also: Tunnels and bridges in Hong Kong

Croatia

* Mala Kapela Tunnel
* Sveti Rok Tunnel
* Plasina Tunnel
* Tuhobić Tunnel
* Sridnja Gora Tunnel around 2000 m, under construction, A1 motorway
* Golubinka Tunnel 1895 m, A1 motorway
* Brinje Tunnel
* Javorova Kosa Tunnel 1460 m, A6 motorway
* Gric Tunnel, 1244 m, A1 motorway
* Konjsko Tunnel 1198 m, A1 motorway

Denmark

* Great Belt Fixed Link, railway, 8,024 m
* Oresund Connection, road and rail, 4,050 m
* Copenhagen Metro, metro rail, M2 line, 7,4 km (Solbjerg-Lergravsparken)
* Copenhagen Metro, Metro rail, M1 line, ≈ 1 km (Christianshavn-Islands Brygge)

Egypt

* Ahmed Hamdy Tunnel, under the Suez Canal north of Ismailia.

France

*Channel Tunnel
*Fréjus Rail Tunnel
*Fréjus Road Tunnel
*Mont Blanc Tunnel

Germany

*Rennsteig Tunnel
*Engelberg Tunnel
*Schönbuch Tunnel
*Tunnel Hölzern
*Old Elbe Tunnel
*New Elbe Tunnel
*Ziegenberg Tunnel

Iceland

*Hvalfjörður Tunnel
*Vestfirðir Tunnel
*Múlagöng TunnelSee also: Tunnels in Iceland

Ireland

Tunnels in Ireland

Italy

*Fornaci Tunnel
*Fréjus Rail Tunnel
*Fréjus Road Tunnel
*Mont Blanc Tunnel

Japan

*Seikan Tunnel
*Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line bridge-tunnel

Luxembourg

*Markusbierg Tunnel

Macedonia

*Bukovik Tunnel, railway, 7047 m

Netherlands

*List of tunnels in the Netherlands

New Zealand

*Tunnels in New Zealand

Norway

There are over 900 road tunnels in Norway. The total length of the tunnels is over 750 km. [1]
*The longest road tunnels (>7 km, with opening year and length)
**Lærdalstunnelen, 2000, 24505 m
**Gudvangatunnel, 1991, 11428 m
**Folgefonntunnel, 2001, 11150 m
**Korgfjelltunnelen, 2005, 8530 m
**Steigentunnelen, 1991, 8079 m
**Bømlafjordtunnel, 2000, 7888 m, see also below
**Svartisentunnelen, 1986, 7615 m
**Høyangertunnelen, 1982, 7543 m
**Vallaviktunnelen, 1985, 7510 m
**Ã…krafjordtunnelen, 2000, 7400 m
*The longest subsea road tunnels
**Bømlafjordtunnel, 2000, 260 m below sea level, 7888 m
**Eiksundtunnelen, will be opened 2007, 287 m below sea level, 7765 m
**Oslofjordtunnel, 2000, 134 m below sea level, 7230 m
**Nordkapptunnelen, 1999, 212 m below sea level, 6871 m
**Byfjordtunnelen, 1992, 223 m below sea level, 5875 m
**Hitratunnelen, 1994, 264 m below sea level, 5645 m
*The longest railway tunnels
**Romeriksporten, 1999, 14 580 m
**Lieråsen tunnel, 1973, 10 723 m
**Finsetunnelen, 1993, 10 600 m
**Kvinesheitunnelen, 1943, 9 065 m
**Hægebostadtunnelen, 1943, 8 474 m
**Trollkona tunnel, 1987, 8 043 m
**Ulrikentunnelen, 1964, 7 670 m
**Majorstuen-Hasle, Oslo Metro (Line 5), 1966-1987, 7 060 m

Pakistan

* Khojak Tunnel
* Kohat Tunnel
* Lowari Tunnel

Poland

* Wałbrzych-Jedlina, 1601 m, rail
* Warsaw Metro rail

Slovakia

*Branisko Tunnel
*Horelica Tunnel
*Sitina Tunnel

Slovenia

*Dekani Tunnel - 2182 / 2190 m, A1 road
*Golovec Tunnel - 530 m / 595 m (the only 3 lane, double tube tunnel in Slovenia), A1 road/E57 road
*Kastelec Tunnel - 2292 m / 2240 m, A1 road
*Karavanke Tunnel (Karawanken Tunnel) - 7864 m, A2 road/E61 road
*Trojane Tunnel - 2900 m, A1/E57 road
*Tunnels on the Slovenian motorways

Spain

*Alfonso XIII Tunnel
*AP-6 Guadarrama
*AVE - Guadarrama
*M-40 Tuneles del Pardo
*M-30 By-pass Sur
*M-30 By-pass Norte
*M-111 Aeropuerto
*Santa María de la Cabeza
*Tunel de la Engaña
*Tunel de la Risa I
*Tunel de la Risa II
*Tunel Pio XII
*Tunel de Tetuán â€" Santander

Sweden

*Kungsträdgården-Hjulsta, Stockholm, metro, 14.3 km
*Gamla stan-Bergshamra, Stockholm, metro, 8.5 km
*Arlandabanan, Arlanda, railway, 1 and 2 tubes, about 5 km
*Gamla stan-Thorildsplan, Stockholm, metro,   4.7 km
*Södra länken, Stockholm, motorway, 2 tubes, 4.5 km
*Norralatunneln, Söderhamn, railway, 1 tube,   3850 m
*Slussen-Liljeholmen, Stockholm, metro, 3.3 km
*Muskötunneln, Nynäshamn, road, 1 tube, 2960 m
*Lundbytunneln, Göteborg, road, 2 tubes, 2060 m
*GÃ¥rdatunneln, Göteborg, railway, 1 tube,   2 km
*Hammarkulletunneln, Göteborg, tramway, 1 and 2 tubes, 2 km
*Götatunneln, Göteborg, road, 2 tubes, 1.6 km
*Söderledstunneln, Stockholm, road, 2 tubes, 1.6 km

More long tunnels are being built at the moment:
*HallandsÃ¥stunneln, Ängelholm, railway, 2 tubes, 8 km,   started 1992, finished 2012 (maybe)
*Citytunneln, Malmö, railway, 2 tubes, 8 km, started 2006, finished 2011
*Namntalltunneln, Örnsköldsvik, railway, 1 tube, 6 km, started 2003, finished 2008
*Björnböletunneln, Örnsköldsvik, railway, 1 tube, 5.2 km, started 2003, finished 2008
*Trollhättetunneln, Trollhättan, railway, 1 tube, 3.5 km, started 2003, finished 2006
*Åskottunneln, Örnsköldsvik, railway, 1 tube, 3.3 km, started 2003, finished 2008
*Törnskogstunneln, Stockholm, road, 2 tubes, 2 058 m, started 2002, finished 2008

Planned tunnel constructions (uncertain dates):
*Citybanan, Stockholm, railway, 2 tubes, 6 km, starts 2008, finished 2014
*Västlänken, Göteborg, railway, 2 tubes, 6 km, starts 2012, finished 2019

Switzerland

*Baregg Tunnel (A1)
*Belchen Tunnel (A2)
*Bözberg Tunnel (A3)
*Bubenholz Tunnel (A51)
*San Bernardino (road tunnel) (A13)
*Crapteig Tunnel (A13)
*Cholfirst Tunnel (A4)
*D'Arrissoules Tunnel (A1)
*Girsberg Tunnel (A7)
*St. Gotthard Tunnel (A2)
*Gotthard Base Tunnel
*Gubrist Tunnel (A20)
*Kerenzerberg Tunnel (A3)
*Lötschberg Base Tunnel
*Lötschberg Tunnel
*Lopper Tunnel (A8)
*Mappo-Morettina Tunnel (Locarno)
*Milchbuck Tunnel (A1L)
*Rosenberg Tunnel (A1)
*Sachseln Tunnel (A8)
*Schöneich Tunnel (A1L)
*Seelisberg Tunnel (A2)
*Simplon Tunnel

Turkey

*Bolu Tunnel
*Tunnels in Turkey

United Kingdom

* Channel Tunnel
* Tunnels in the United Kingdom
* Lewes tunnel converted from rail to road.

United States

*List of tunnels in the United States

Viet Nam

*Hai Van Tunnel

See also

*World's longest tunnels

External links

* The world's longest tunnel page



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