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Tunnels and passes in the Alps

Mont blanc

 

45.736908, 7.397851

45.739681, 7.386874

 

45.739666, 7.385810

45.738277, 7.380248

 

45.817675, 6.954102

 

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Mont Blanc (11.6 km) tunnel that links the A40 on the French side and the A5 on the Italian side.

Tunnel traffic rules. All basic requirements are reflected on the paper flyer, which is issued before entering the tunnel and consists of the following points:

• the speed range in the tunnel is from 50 to 70 km per hour;
• the distance between moving vehicles must be at least 150 m, which is equal to the distance of blue remote beacons along the side of the tunnel;
• if a car stops in front of you, you must stop your vehicle at least 100 m from it;
• it is forbidden to enter the tunnel on faulty cars if necessary, evacuation will be very expensive for you;
• unreasonable stops of vehicles are prohibited;
• for timely receipt of warning information, inside the tunnel, it is necessary to tune in to the wave of the service radio station 103.3 or 107.7 FM.
• The Mont Blanc tunnel is open frequently, but not around the clock.
• In its work on both sides of the entrance at night there are technological breaks lasting from 30 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes.
• And on some days at night from 22.30 to 6.00 the tunnel does not work.
• Information about the opening hours for the current month of the tunnel is issued when purchasing tickets at http://www.tunnelmb.com/

Frjus

Frjus (12.8 km) tunnel that connects the French side with the A43 motorway (motorway Morienne) from Lyon, and the A32 on the Italian side from Turin

 

 

• Frejus (Frejus) road tunnel connecting Italy and France near the Italian city of Turin. It lies under the Col du Frjus mountain road in the Western Alps.
• The length of the tunnel is 12 868 m. It is the longest road tunnel in Italy. The French half are operated by SFTRF, the Italian company SITAF.
• where to buy a pass for several trips: you can buy it when passing through the tunnel at the checkpoint. Or in a paid parking lot.

 

Gotthard-Strassentunnel

 

http://www.gotthard-strassentunnel.ch/de/mitteilungen/

 

(German Gotthard-Strassentunnel, Italian Galleria stradale del San Gottardo) tunnel in the Lepontine Alps (Switzerland) with a length of 16.9 km. The height of the northern portal is 1080 m, the southern one is 1146 m above sea level. Connects 2 Swiss cantons: Uri in the north and Ticino in the south.

 

In front of the tunnel, special parking lots are organized, where all freight vehicles are brought.

The exit from the parking lot is regulated by a traffic light.

Parking on the south side of the tunnel 46.392498, 8.881486

parking on the north side of the tunnel 46.838478, 8.634927

In the tunnel, traffic is organized in one lane in each direction. For vehicles with a total weight of more than 3.5 tons, traffic is regulated by traffic lights to reduce the flow of cars in the tunnel.

Vehicles with a total weight of over 3.5 tons must keep a distance of more than 150 m in the tunnel

 

Transportation of dangerous goods through the tunnel is prohibited

South portal of the tunnel

 

North portal of the tunnel

Grand-Saint-Bernard

45.902952, 7.197833

 

http://www.letunnel.com/homepage.asp?l=3

The Great Saint Bernard tunnel connects Italy and Switzerland divided by the Alps. The length of the Great Saint Bernard tunnel is 5798 m. The E27 motorway passes through the tunnel, which can be reached in Italy via Turin or Milan.

 

• In case of bad weather, there is an avalanche shelter at both ends of the tunnel. Most of the path follows a straight line with a slight incline. The southern end lies at an altitude of 1875 meters, the northern end at an altitude of 1918 meters above sea level.
• From the Italian side, you will find yourself in the Aosta Valley. On the Swiss side are the Valais canton (region) and the Martini commune.
• Opening hours: 24 hours a day.
• Official website: www.letunnel.com
• Payment: cash or credit cards Visa and MasterCard. There is one checkpoint. Located in the northern part of Switzerland.
• Maximum speed in the tunnel: 80 km / h.
• Minimum speed in the tunnel: 50 km / h.
• Passage is prohibited for vehicles with an engine volume of less than 50 cm3 and not capable of a speed of 50 km / h or more.
• If the vehicle runs partially or completely on gas, you must inform the tunnel personnel.
• The dipped headlights must be included.
• It is forbidden to stop without a good reason. The penalty for evacuating the car if you run out of fuel, that is, due to your negligence, will be very large.

Simplon

Munt la Schera Tunnel (Livigno) (CH-IT)

 

 

Tariffs

https://www.ekwstrom.ch/en/livigno/price-list

The Munt la Schera Tunnel is a single lane car tunnel located in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It connects the Engadine Valley with Lago di Livigno via Munt la Chera. Completed in 1965, the tunnel is 3394 meters long.

The tunnel was built to transport construction materials for the construction of the Punt dal Gall dam. It was opened for public use in 1968 but is still owned and operated by the hydropower company Engadiner Kraftwerke AG. Reverse movement is organized in the tunnel with a change frequency every 15 minutes. (In winter, on Saturdays, a different driving mode is used with variable traffic. The tunnel is open to vehicles no more than 3.6 meters high and 2.5 meters wide.

 

The tunnel is closed for renovations from September 1, 2020 to November 30, 2020.

Fernpass

 

Fern Pass (1212 m) is a mountain pass in the Tyrolean Alps in Austria.

Traffic through the pass in transit is prohibited for vehicles over 7.5 tons

Driving through the pass is allowed if the car is marked with an L sign (the sign must be confirmed by a valid certificate) and there are supporting documents that the car goes for loading / unloading to the areas of Imst , Innsbruck-Land, Innsbruck-Stadt, Landeck , Reutte , Biberach , Garmisch-Partenkirchen , lindau , Oberallgau , Ostallgau , Ravensburg , Unterallgau , Weilheim-Schongau , Kaufbeuren, Kempten or Memmingen, Samnaun, Bruggrafenamt or Vinschgau.

 

 

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