Overview | |
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Other name(s) | Tunnel du Grand Saint-Bernard (French) Traforo del Gran San Bernardo (Italian) Grosser-Sankt-Bernhard-Tunnel (German) |
Location | Italy/Switzerland |
Coordinates | 45°51′52″N 7°10′22″E / 45.8645°N 7.17266°E |
Status | Open |
Route | E27/ T 2/ H21 |
Crosses | Great St Bernard Pass |
Start | Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses, Aosta Valley |
End | Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Valais |
Operation | |
Work begun | 1958 |
Opened | 19 March 1964 |
Operator | SISEX S.A. |
Traffic | Automotive |
Toll | See list |
Technical | |
Length | 5,798 m (6,341 yd) |
No. of lanes | 2 (one per direction) |
Operating speed | 80km/h (50mph) |
Highest elevation | 1,918 m (6,293 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 1,875 m (6,152 ft) |
The Great St Bernard Tunnel (French: Tunnel du Grand Saint-Bernard, Italian: Traforo del Gran San Bernardo, German: Grosser-Sankt-Bernhard-Tunnel) is a road tunnel complementing the Great St Bernard Pass, linking Martigny (in the Swiss canton of Valais) with Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses (in the Aosta Valley, in north western Italy).