Notable Tunnels
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff
Name | Location | Length | Year completed | |
---|---|---|---|---|
mi | km | |||
Railroad, excluding subways | ||||
Seikan | Tsugaru Strait, Japan | 33.5 | 53.9 | 1988 |
Channel Tunnel1 | English Channel, England-France | 31.1 | 50.0 | 1994 |
Iwate Ichinohe | Tanigawa Mountains, Japan | 16.0 | 25.8 | 2002 |
Daishimizu | Mikuni Mountain Range, Japan | 13.8 | 22.2 | 1982 |
Simplon (I and II) | Alps, Switzerland-Italy | 12.3 | 19.8 | 1906, 1922 |
Vereina | Klosters-Sagliains, Switzerland | 11.8 | 19.1 | 1999 |
Shin Kanmon | Kanmon Strait, Japan | 11.6 | 18.7 | 1975 |
Apennine | Bologna-Florence, Italy | 11.5 | 18.5 | 1934 |
Qinling I-II | Qinling Mountains, China | 11.5 | 18.5 | 2002 |
Rokkô | Rokkô Mountain, Japan | 10.1 | 16.3 | 1972 |
Furka Base | Andermatt-Brig, Switzerland | 9.6 | 15.4 | 1982 |
Haruna | Gunma Prefecture, Japan | 9.5 | 15.4 | 1982 |
Severomuyskiy | Baikal-Amur, Russia | 9.5 | 15.3 | 2001 |
Gorigamine | Takasaki-Nagano, Japan | 9.4 | 15.2 | 1997 |
Monte Santomarco | Paola-Cosenza, Italy | 9.3 | 15.0 | 1987 |
St. Gotthard | Swiss Alps | 9.3 | 15.0 | 1882 |
Nakayama | Nakayama Pass, Hokkaido, Japan | 9.2 | 14.9 | 1982 |
Lötschberg | Swiss Alps | 9.1 | 14.6 | 1913 |
Mount MacDonald | Rogers Pass, Glacier Nat'l Park, Canada | 9.1 | 14.6 | 1989 |
Romeriksporten | Oslo-Gardermoen airport, Norway | 9.1 | 14.6 | 1999 |
Dayaoshan | Nanling Mountains, China | 8.9 | 14.3 | 1987 |
Hokuriku | Sea-of-Japan coast, Japan | 8.6 | 13.9 | 1962 |
Frejus (Mont Cénis) | French Alps | 8.42 | 13.5 | 1871 |
Shin Shimizu | Mikuni Mountains, Japan | 8.4 | 13.5 | 1967 |
Sciliar | Verona-Brennero, Italy | 8.2 | 13.2 | 1993 |
Vehicular | ||||
Laerdal | Laerdal–Aurland, Norway | 15.2 | 24.5 | 2000 |
St. Gotthard | Alps, Switzerland | 10.2 | 16.4 | 1980 |
Arlberg | Austrian Alps | 8.7 | 14.0 | 1979 |
Fréjus | French Alps | 8.0 | 12.9 | 1980 |
Mt. Blanc | Alps, France-Italy | 7.0 | 11.3 | 1965 |
Gudvanga | Bergen-Oslo, Norway | 7.1 | 11.4 | 1991 |
Folgefonn | Odda-Gjerde, Norway | 6.9 | 11.2 | 2001 |
Kanetsu (southbound) | Tokyo-Niigata, Japan | 6.9 | 11.0 | 1991 |
Kanetsu (northbound) | Tokyo-Niigata, Japan | 6.8 | 10.9 | 1985 |
Gran Sasso d'Italia (E and W) | Abruzzo, Italy | 6.3 | 10.2 | 1984, 1995 |
Aqualine Expressway | Tokyo Bay, Japan | 5.9 | 9.5 | 1997 |
Mt. Ena | Japan Alps, Japan | 5.3 | 8.5 | 19763 |
Westerschelde | Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen–Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands | 4.1 | 6.6 | 2003 |
Great St. Bernard | Alps, Switzerland-Italy | 3.4 | 5.5 | 1964 |
1. Three-tunnel system including two rail tunnels (one carries passengers from England to France, the other from France to England) and a central service tunnel.
2. Lengthened to its present 8.4 miles in 1881.
3. Parallel tunnel begun in 1976.
Sources: American Society of Civil Engineers and International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association, and The World's Longest Tunnel Page, Web: home.no.net/lotsberg/ .