New road tunnel under Great St. Bernhard Pass was opened to traffic on Mar 19 1964; tunnel length is 5.85 km; covered approach roads, 5. 5 km long on northern side and 10.3 km long on southern side, also form part of project which is designed to allow route to be used all year round; road distance between Martigny in Rhone valley and Aosta, which form end points of Great St. Bernhard road, is now 72 km. (See also Engineer v 217 n 5644 Mar 27 1964 p 588-90)


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    Title :

    Opening of great St. Bernhard road tunnel


    Additional title:

    Engineering


    Published in:

    Engineering ; 197 , n 5115


    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Opening of great St. Bernhard road tunnel

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1964


    Great Saint Bernhard road tunnel

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1960


    Great Saint Bernhard road tunnel

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1960


    Road Practicability to the Great Saint Bernhard Tunnel in Winter

    Charbonnier, P. / Real, C. / Permanent International Association of Road Congress | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998