Karawanks Tunnel (motorway)
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For the parallel railway tunnel, see Karawanks Tunnel (railway).
The Karawanks Tunnel (German: Karawankentunnel, Slovene: Predor Karavanke or Karavanški predor) is a motorway tunnel crossing the Alpine Karawanks mountain range between Austria and Slovenia, with a total length of 7.864 km (4.886 mi; 25,800 ft), 8.019 km (4.983 mi; 26,310 ft) enclosure between the portals. Its construction began in 1986 and it opened on 1 June 1991. It connects the Austrian Karawanken Autobahn (A11) from Villach with the A2 motorway leading to Kranj and Ljubljana in Slovenia, decongesting the historic Loibl/Ljubelj and Wurzen/Korensko sedlo mountain passes.
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Location | Sankt Jakob im Rosental, Carinthia, Austria/ Hrušica, Jesenice, Slovenia |
Coordinates | 46°31′09″N 14°01′22″E |
Status | Second tube under construction |
Route | Karawanken Autobahn/ A2 motorway |
Operation | |
Work begun | August 1986 / September 2018 |
Opened | June 1991 |
Closed | West-Tube: 2025 - 2027 |
Operator | ASFiNAG / DARS |
Character | Single-tube (Second tube under construction) |
Technical | |
Length | 7,864 m (4.886 mi; 25,801 ft) |
No. of lanes | 2 |
Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) |
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