Road Tunnels

The longest road tunnel in the world, carrying the E16 between Laerdal and Aurland on the Oslo to Bergen route. Three illuminated ...

The centerpiece of the C2 ring in Tokyo on the Shuto Expressway and the longest road tunnel in Japan, second longest road tunnel o...

Twin tube highway tunnel through the Qinling Mountains on the Xian to Ankang expressway, the longest road tunnel in China at openi...

Single bore, two lane tunnel on the A2 between Goschenen and Airolo, for decades the freight backbone of the Switzerland to Italy ...

Longest undersea road tunnel in the world, plunging 292 m beneath the Horgefjord to replace the ferry between Stavanger and the Ry...

Longest road tunnel in Austria, on the S16 between Langen and St Anton. Links Tyrol and Vorarlberg in all weather, working in tand...

Motorway bore between Modane and Bardoneccha beside the 1871 rail tunnel. A 2005 fire killed two truck drivers and triggered major...

Links Chamonix and Courmayeur between France and Italy under the highest Alpine massif. The March 1999 truck fire killed 39 people...

Norwegian E16 tunnel between Laerdal and the Naeroyfjord world heritage area, the longest road tunnel in the Nordic countries afte...

Subsea link between Streymoy and Eysturoy featuring the first undersea traffic roundabout in the world, a 200 m ring beneath Skala...

Longest road tunnel in Japan when it opened, on the Kan-Etsu Expressway through the mountains between Tokyo and Niigata. Twin bore...

Immersed tube under Lake Taihu in Jiangsu, the longest underwater highway tunnel in China, opened to traffic around the turn of 20...

Twin motorway bores under the Gran Sasso massif on the A24 between Aquila and Teramo. Beside it hides the INFN particle physics la...

Modern bore on the N-330 between Canfranc in Spain and the French border under the old Somport pass. Replaced a steep 1920s road f...

Alpine link on the A11 and A2 between Austria and Slovenia under the Karawanks chain, one of the busiest holiday routes to the Adr...

Longest road tunnel in Germany, carrying the A71 through the Thuringian Forest near Oberhof. One of the German unity transport pro...

At 287 m below sea level, the deepest undersea road tunnel in the world when it opened, connecting Eika island to the mainland. Re...

Bored under the Western Scheldt estuary to link Zeeuws-Vlaanderen to the rest of Zeeland without a ferry. Until 2024 it was the on...

Tunnel on the A13 between Thusis and Bellinzona, replacing the old San Bernardino pass road as the all year route. Its galleries d...

Pierces the Hai Van or Sea of Clouds pass between Da Nang and Hue on the NH1 of Vietnam. Bypasses the foggy, crash prone summit ro...

Bore on the A10 between Flachau and St Michael, the core of the Salzburg to Villach alpine corridor. A 1999 fire killed 12 and pro...

First subsea road tunnel in Iceland, shortening the Reykjavik to Akureyri route by 45 km by cutting under Hvalfjordur fjord. Built...

Two deck, two lane each way road tunnel under the Bosphorus between Kazlicesme and Goztepe in Istanbul. Driven by one of the large...

Links the Val d Aran to the rest of Catalonia under the Pyrenees on the N-230. The narrow 1948 bore served until a modern parallel...

Highway tunnel under Rohtang Pass on the Leh to Manali road, with its north portal at about 3,060 m among the highest driveable tu...

Longest road tunnel in India on the NH44 Jammu to Srinagar highway, bypassing the avalanche prone Patnitop stretch. Officially the...

I-70 bores under the Continental Divide at 3,401 m in Colorado, the highest vehicle tunnels in the US interstate system. The Eisen...

First mechanically ventilated underwater road tunnel in the world, under the Hudson River between Lower Manhattan and Jersey City....

Three tubes under the Hudson between Midtown Manhattan and Weehawken, opened in 1937, 1945 and 1957. Carries some of the heaviest ...

The Brooklyn Battery Tunnel under the East River, longest continuous underwater road tunnel in the world when opened. Flooded to t...

Twin tube East River crossing engineered by Ole Singstad, who perfected the ventilation methods the Holland Tunnel began. Carries ...

Eight lane immersed tube under Baltimore Harbor carrying I-95, built in open trench from 32 sunk sections. One of the widest under...

Immersed tube from South Boston to Logan Airport, the deepest road tunnel in the US at about 31 m under the harbor. First major pi...

Vehicle tunnel under the River Tyne between Jarrow and Howdon on the A19, opened 1967. A second, larger bore opened in 2011 doubli...

Second Mersey road crossing between Wallasey and Liverpool, built to relieve the older Mersey Queensway tunnel. Sits upstream of t...

Thames crossing bores at the Dartford Crossing, the eastern link of the M25. First bore opened 1963, second 1980, later joined by ...

Victorian bore under the Thames in East London, its tight bends carved to dodge sewers and ship wrecks. The 1897 northbound bore s...

Combines immersed tube sections with driven bores under Sydney Harbour between Warringah Freeway and the Cahill Expressway. Privat...

CityLink tunnel deep under Melbourne between the West Gate Freeway and the Monash, up to 60 m down. Ventilation towers and long 1 ...

Longest road tunnel in New Zealand, twin bored tubes connecting SH16 and SH20 to complete the Auckland western ring. Cross passage...

The double deck highway tunnel beneath downtown Seattle that replaced the earthquake damaged Alaskan Way Viaduct. It was bored by ...

The twin bore motorway tunnel on National Freeway 5 between Taipei and Yilan, opened in 2006 after difficult tunnelling through fr...

The road tunnel under the River Mersey between Liverpool and Birkenhead, opened by King George V in 1934. For more than two decade...