Great tunnels of the world

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Seikan Japan 53.9 33.5 1988 railway passes under stormy Tsugaru Strait between the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido

Channel Tunnel

(Eurotunnel) England-France 50.5 31.4 1994 railway passes under the English Channel between Folkestone, England, and Calais, France

Lötschberg

base Switzerland 34.6 21.5 2007 railway rail link under Lötschen Pass between Bern and Valais cantons

Iwate-Ichinohe Japan 25.8 15.7 2002 railway carries the Tohoku high-speed line through mountains between Tokyo and northern Honshu

Lærdal Norway 24.5 15.3 2000 highway carries the main cross-country highway through the mountains in central Norway

Daishimizu

(Great Shimizu) Japan 22.2 13.8 1982 railway on the Joetsu high-speed line across Honshu between Tokyo and Niigata

Simplon II Italy-Switzerland 19.8 12.3 1922 railway rail link under the Simplon Pass, the traditional divide between northern and southern Europe

Simplon I Italy-Switzerland 19.8 12.3 1906 railway rail link under the Simplon Pass, the traditional divide between northern and southern Europe

Vereina Switzerland 19.1 11.9 1999 railway rail link under the Flüela Pass between the upper Rhine and lower Engadin valleys

Shin-Kanmon

(New Kanmon) Japan 18.7 11.6 1975 railway carries the Sanyo high-speed line under Kanmon Strait between the islands of Honshu and Kyushu

Great Apennine Italy 18.5 11.5 1934 railway rail link through mountains between Bologna and Florence

Qinling China 18.5 11.5 2001 railway traverses the Qin (Tsinling) Mountains, the historic barrier between northern and southern China

St. Gotthard Switzerland 16.9 10.5 1980 highway links Uri and Ticino cantons under the St. Gotthard Pass

Haruna Japan 15.4 9.6 1982 railway on the Joetsu high-speed line across Honshu between Tokyo and Niigata

Severomuiskiy Russia 15.3 9.5 2003 railway link on the Baikal-Amur railway in the Russian republic of Buryatia

St. Gotthard Switzerland 15.0 9.3 1882 railway carries the Zürich-Milan line under the St. Gotthard Pass between Uri and Ticino cantons

Mount MacDonald British Columbia,

Canada 14.6 9.1 1988 railway carries the Canadian Pacific Railway under Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park

Dayaoshan China 14.3 8.9 1988 railway carries a dual-track line through the Nan Mountains, northern Guangdong province

Arlberg Austria 14.0 8.7 1978 highway provides a road link under the Arlberg Pass between Tirol and Vorarlberg provinces

Hokuriku Japan 13.9 8.6 1962 railway on the Hokuriku line along the Sea of Japan

Mount Cenis France-Italy 13.7 8.5 1871 railway carries the main Paris-Turin line through the Alps at the Fréjus Pass

Hex River South Africa 13.4 8.3 1989 railway penetrates the mountains between the Hex River valley and the Great Karoo upland

Fréjus France-Italy 12.9 8.0 1980 highway carries the Lyon-Turin highway through the Alps at the Fréjus Pass

Cascade Washington, U.S. 12.5 7.8 1929 railway penetrates the Cascade Range, linking the American Midwest and Pacific Northwest

Mont Blanc France-Italy 11.6 7.2 1965 highway road link between Haute-Savoie, France, and Valle d'Aosta, Italy, under Europe's highest peak