The Mont Blanc road tunnel linking France and Italy reopened to traffic on Friday following the completion of construction work.
Webcam video on the tunnel's website showed vehicles passing through toll booths in the evening. Traffic conditions were normal in both directions, the tunnel’s telephone information service said.
The 11-kilometre tunnel had been closed for 15 weeks for work on its vault structure, forcing motorists to use alternative routes and face significantly longer travel times.
The reopening follows hundreds of safety tests carried out by tunnel operators in recent weeks. The tunnel was also closed for several weeks last year for similar structural work.
The Mont Blanc Tunnel in the Alps was inaugurated in 1965. At the time, it was the longest road tunnel in the world.
latest_posts
- 1
Why are malnutrition deaths soaring in America? - 2America's Confided in Fridge in 2024
- 3FBI arrests Brian Cole Jr. in Jan. 6 pipe bomb investigation, ending 5-year hunt
- 4NASA, in a rare move, cuts space station mission short after an astronaut's medical issue
- 5Kiev declares energy emergency after Russian attacks amid winter cold
- Insane Realities That Will Make You Reconsider How you might interpret History
- Becoming amazing at Arranging Pay Raises
- Israel faces tough choices over haredi draft exemptions, legal expert warns
- Allow Innovative Progressions To have a Tremendous Effect
- Understanding Successful Compromise Standards to Cultivate Agreeable Connections
- The Most Notable Design Brands of the 21st Hundred years
- Advocacy groups react after Mattel introduces 1st Barbie doll with autism
- Self-sacrificing ants highlight the unity of their colony, say researchers
- NASA loses contact with its Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for the past decade
