great tunnels of the world

Great tunnels of the world

tunnel	location	length km       miles		year completed	use	notes
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