Photos
from high Alpine Road Tunnels
Edited
by Walter Brummer
| The south
gate of the Tiefenbachtunnel - altitude 2829 according to
the sign there. This road is also the highest paved road in the Alps. |
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| At the Grossglockner High
Alpine Road (Austria) is a tunnel at the highest point at
2504 m (red arrow, name: Hochtor, length: 311 m). The 2nd tunnel in the center of the photo is named Mittertoerl (length approx. 120 m, altitude 2329 m) The whole road was opened at 03.08.1935. More info |
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| At the Timmelsjoch/Passo
del Rombo in Italy are 3 tunnels. 2 short tunnels at an
altitude of approx. 2450 m. In the background behind the last road bend is the Passo del Rombo/Timmelsjoch at 2509 m (border Italy/Austria). 50 m behind the point of view begins the longest tunnel (555 m). |
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| 120�-turn-tunnel at the
Passo di Falzarego (2117 m) near Cortina d'Ampezzo in
Italy (altitude of the tunnel approx. 2050 m, length approx. 150 m). |
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| Also on the road over the
Gotthardpass (2108 m; N2) in Switzerland are some tunnels
in approx. 2000 m altitude. The longest is approx. 1000 m long and belong to the new pass road, which you can see in the background. The remaining road between the tunnels has avalanche coverage. |
This page was last modified on October 19, 2000