World's highest highway tunnel open to traffic in Tibet

XinhuaNet News ^ | April 26, 2019 | Li Xia

[Conan the Librarian]

The Goon Show ran an elevator up it back in the 1950s.

[Conan the Librarian]

Yes Bluebottle! An Elevator!

[Conan the Librarian]

http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=svge09_the_internal_mountain

[Jack Hammer]

Now if only they had some cars.

[job]

I wonder if there is an elevation at which a normal combustion engine no longer works. I guess a jet engine forces all the oxygen you need to burn fuel, but what would a car do at highest elevation?

[freedomlover]

I was wondering if this had some contingent military purpose.

[fruser1]

Don’t know. You can drive in Boulder, which is a mile up. Taos NM is almost 7000 ft. Nearby park at about 12. Cars can run that high w/adjustment.

Everest at 29k is probably a no go. But it would be nice to see how far you could get before your car konks out.

Even without an O2 problem, there’s the grade...

[LouAvul]

it would be nice to see how far you could get before your car konks out

It's not like you'd have to push it back down.

[V V Camp Enari 67-68]

Militarily this, or any tunnel, would not be hard to shut down.

[lightman]

ping

[lightman]

As thin as the air is at that altitude breathing could become a real problem if there is much buildup of car exhaust in the tunnel. I hope they installed a good ventilation system.

Roger that.

When the PA Turnpike shuts one tube and runs 2 way traffic best to shut off the A/C when you turn on the headlights and breathe as little and as lightly as possible.

[Truthoverpower]

Wait till
Winter

[hal ogen]

An escalator would let you have more of a mountain climbing experience. Just sayin’.