60 Years Later, World's Longest Tunnel is Complete [Archive]


	Commanders Post at The Warpath > Off-Topic Discussion > Parking Lot > 60 Years Later, World's Longest Tunnel is Complete PDA 60 Years Later, World's Longest Tunnel is Complete SmootSmack 10-15-2010, 11:43 AM At that moment, a 35.4-mile (57-kilometer) tunnel was born, and the Alpine nation reclaimed the record from Japan's Seikan Tunnel. Television stations across Europe showed the event live. Joyous Swiss celebrate longest tunnel breakthrough - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_switzerland_world_s_longest_tunnel) Monkeydad 10-15-2010, 12:11 PM Crazy. Too bad they didn't have better pictures without the drilling machine blocking the view. I expect a Modern Marvels episode coming up. These tunnel projects are fascinating, bridges too. I watched the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (drove through it too) and the English "Chunnel".