Switzerland has a lot of tunnels…
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…and man are they long! On my drive from Basel to Lugano, I traveled through no less than six tunnels. The longest of which takes nearly fifteen minutes to travel through! This is the St. Gotthard Road Tunnel, it is the third largest tunnel in the world. Believe me, when you are traveling through with staring at the headlights from the opposite flow of traffic, it definitely feels like one of the longest tunnels! When entering the tunnel from the Basel side, there are two separate lanes, one for commercial trucks and another for cars. This is because they only allow a few trucks in the tunnel at one time. They are spaced out because there was a big accident in October of 2001 and 11 people were killed and many injured due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Apparently the trucks are larger contributors to the seriousness of that situation (gee who would have guessed) but in typical Swiss fashion, they are eager to correct their mistakes and make sure the future holds only the best possible scenarios.
St Gotthards Tunnel Official Page
Labels: roadways, switzerland, unique
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