tunnel Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/tunnel/ Mechanically-minded travel Sun, 17 May 2026 09:38:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 First Fehmarnbelt Tunnel Section Immersed https://mechtraveller.com/2026/05/first-fehmarnbelt-tunnel-section-immersed/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/05/first-fehmarnbelt-tunnel-section-immersed/#respond Fri, 08 May 2026 16:41:06 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13116 The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel is a major European civil engineering project to lay an 18 km (11.2 mile) road and rail tunnel under the Baltic Sea between Germany and Denmark. (See The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel for overview.) Earlier this week, the first of its 89 pre-fabricated concrete tunnel sections was floated out of the harbour at Rødbyhavn […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/05/first-fehmarnbelt-tunnel-section-immersed/feed/ 0 The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel https://mechtraveller.com/2026/05/the-fehmarnbelt-tunnel/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/05/the-fehmarnbelt-tunnel/#respond Thu, 07 May 2026 16:16:54 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13107 The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel is a major European civil engineering project to lay an 18 km (11.2 mile) road and rail tunnel under the Baltic Sea between Germany and Denmark. You notice I said “lay” and not “dig”. This amazing tunnel will be laid in sections in a giant trough dredged out of the seabed, and […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/05/the-fehmarnbelt-tunnel/feed/ 0 Stad Ship Tunnel given the go-ahead https://mechtraveller.com/2021/03/stad-ship-tunnel-given-the-go-ahead/ https://mechtraveller.com/2021/03/stad-ship-tunnel-given-the-go-ahead/#respond Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:15:41 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=6773 Norway’s long-awaited Stad Ship Tunnel has been given a green light. The world’s first ship tunnel will allow large ships to avoid the notoriously exposed and treacherous piece of sea at the tip of the 27 km Stad Peninsula in Vestland, on the southwest coast of Norway. First mooted in 1874, plans for the tunnel […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2021/03/stad-ship-tunnel-given-the-go-ahead/feed/ 0 The World’s Longest Sea Crossing by Road is About to Open https://mechtraveller.com/2018/10/the-worlds-longest-sea-crossing-by-road-is-about-to-open/ https://mechtraveller.com/2018/10/the-worlds-longest-sea-crossing-by-road-is-about-to-open/#respond Sat, 20 Oct 2018 16:08:01 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=3764 The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge is a massive piece of civil engineering comprising a 29.6 kilometre bridge and tunnel crossing of the Pearl River Delta in Southern China. After eight years of construction, the bridge is finally due to open on Tuesday 23rd October, and it is expected that President Xi Jinping will attend the opening […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2018/10/the-worlds-longest-sea-crossing-by-road-is-about-to-open/feed/ 0 Paddle under the Pennines https://mechtraveller.com/2017/05/paddle-under-the-pennines/ https://mechtraveller.com/2017/05/paddle-under-the-pennines/#comments Sun, 28 May 2017 18:35:37 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=2385 Foulridge Tunnel, on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, is to become the longest canal tunnel in the UK to open to canoes. The mile-long, the 200 year old tunnel, looked after by the Canal & River Trust, is regularly used by canal boats, but from Saturday 03 June, canoeists will be able to paddle through […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2017/05/paddle-under-the-pennines/feed/ 1 Gotthard Base Tunnel Opens https://mechtraveller.com/2016/12/gotthard-base-tunnel-opens/ https://mechtraveller.com/2016/12/gotthard-base-tunnel-opens/#respond Fri, 09 Dec 2016 12:57:03 +0000 http://mechtraveller.com/?p=1974 The massive 57-kilometre Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) in the Swiss Alps is finally opening this weekend after 17 years of construction. From Sunday 11 December, train passengers will be able to speed between northern & southern Switzerland in 17 minutes, cutting the overall cross-border journey time from Milan to Zurich, for example, from 4 hours […]

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