- Zhongnanshan Tunnel
Zhongnanshan Tunnel, or Qinling Zhongnanshan Tunnel (Chinese: 秦岭终南山公路隧道), is the longest two-tube road
tunnel in the world. It is also the second longest road tunnel in the world. (FollowingLærdalstunnelen inNorway ) The 18,040metre s long tunnel, crosses under theZhongnanshan (Zhongnan Mountain) inShaanxi Province,China . It opened onJanuary 20 2007 , becoming part of theXi'an -Ankang Highway between theChangan andZhashui counties. The cost to build this tunnel was 3.2 billionYuan (US$410 million).The maximum embedded depth of the tunnel is 1640 m.
External links
* [http://www.tunnelbuilder.com/headlinenews-detail.php?pid=464&querystring=week=06&year=2007&head=&newsdescription=&sqlSearch=SELECT%2B*%2BFROM%2Bnews%2Bwhere(%2Bweek%2B=%2B%2706%27%2Band%2Byear=%2B%272007%27)%2Border%2Bby%2Byear,week%2Bdesc,newsdescription%2Basc Zhongnanshan Tunnel on Tunnelbuilder.com]
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