Posted on 05/24/2016 10:09:11 AM PDT by C19fan
The world's longest railway tunnel is set to open in just over a week - after some 17 years of construction. Measuring 35.4-miles in length, the Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) is 7,545 feet below the Gotthard massif, cutting through the Swiss Alps. The tunnel was first conceived in sketch-form in 1947 but construction began 17 years ago. It consists of two single-track tunnels connecting Erstfeld (Uri) with Bodio (Ticino) and passing below Sedrun (Graubünden).
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They started the tunnel from both ends and the middle.....the middle you say? Yep. They drilled shafts from the top of the mountain and lowered drilling equipment to start digging from there.
The first syllable of that name, with the double t, is actually the Germanic pronunciation of The Almighty’s Name.
Don’t know what the translation of “hard” is.
Solid rock.
That's just those New York values surfacing..
Switzerland is one of the world’s best-kept secrets.
Gorgeous country and the people are truly great - absolutely awesome.
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