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List of Italy road tunnels?

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I'm looking for a list of road (vehicle) tunnels in Italy. Specifically, tunnels north of Rome.

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  1. "Tunnels link Italy with France and Switzerland: Tunnel du Frejus and the Mont Blanc Tunnel link Italy and France in the Alps and the  Tunnel Gran San Bernardino crosses the border to Switzerland."

    "Tunnels

    Mont Blanc Tunnel:  The Mont Blanc Tunnel is 7-1/4 miles long.  Access is by State Highway 26.  Entrance is at 1,321 m. altitude.  Italian half of the tunnel is uphill at 2.5% grade; French part is downhill at 4.5% grade.  Altitude at French exit is 1,264 m.

    San Bernardo Tunnel:  San Bernardo Tunnel access road to the Italian entrance (altitude 5,710 ft.) has a maximum grade of 5%.  In the tunnel, cars must maintain a speed not less than 40 or more than 80 kmph.  Open all year.

    St. Gotthard Tunnel (Switzerland/Italy):  This tunnel is 10.2 miles long, the longest tunnel in the world, which opened in 1980.  Toll is free.  The southern entrance to the tunnel is at Airolo, altitude 3,655 ft., and the northern entrance is at Goschenen at 3,545 ft.  Up to 1,800 vehicles an hour can move through the tunnel in either direction.  Prescribed speed is 37 to 50 mph.

    Frejus Tunnel (France/Italy):  This tunnel is 8.05 miles long.  It also opened in 1980 and joins the region of Piedmont in Italy with southeastern France.

    Zernez (Switzerland)-Livigno (Italy) Tunnel:  This tunnel is 3.5 km long and is open all year from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. only. "

    hope this helps- interesting question :)


  2. Aside the tunnels of North Italy, already listed in a previous answer here above there are no long tunnels across the Italian roads system.The motorways tunnels around Rome are not classified and a list of them is nowhere available. They've all a very limited lenghth (the longuest will be arounf 600/700 meters) and really they are not worth with any mention.

  3. I know this is not your answer...

    But, there is a 10km tunnel on the A24 underneath the Gran Sasso in Abruzzo, just east of L'Aquila.  This would be about 150km EAST of Roma.  I've driven through it.  The tunnel itself is nothing special, but the area around it is VERY scenic and beautiful...

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