Page 468 After four years and three months of digging---and a cost of 17 lives---the world's longest vehicular tunnel was bored through Mont Blanc on Aug. 14, 1962.
Hi I did this for the first time in december 2008 but then from France to Italy with a cooler that;s different because you have to wait for others with an cooler, but it was an experience, but later I drove both the Frejus and this MontBlanc tunnel many times, thanks for your upload!!
I've done this EXPENSIVE tunnel once by passenger car! NEVER AGAIN !!! The tunnel stinks!! You best close your windows and ventilation inlet before entering the tunnel !! The only advantage of this tunnel is that it declines a little, from Italy to France! So you accelerate to 80 km/h, put it in neutral (if possible!) and when you come out of the tunnel at Chamonix you're still going 80 km/h But it's far more beautiful (and cheaper) to drive via Aosta/Col du Grand Bernard/Martigny/ Col du Forclaz/ Chamonix, unless you're in a hurry, of course !!
Price for trucks, it is very much cheaper for cars :) There is a new railway Lyon-Turin under construction until 2035 (with a tunnel under the Alps as well). It will give more solutions to send people and objects to Italy. Also, the Alps mountains are a quite difficult area, top railways are difficult to use and were even destroyed last years after floods. The tunnel of the Mont Blanc is very long, so not surprised by the price. The infrastructure behind it is important. The fire risk inside, the digging which was a difficult project because of the nature or the stone etc.
380€ is pretty cheap if you consider the infrastructure behind it. It's still heavily subsidized. Moreover, merchandise should travel by train not by the inefficient and polluting trucks...
The train line Lyon-Turin with a tunnel under the Alpes mountains is under construction until 2035. Today, Railways on top of the Alps mountains are quite difficult to use and you cannot ship everything with these railways. Last year, floods destroyed part of those railways and they cannot be used anymore. The Lyon-Milan railway with TGV (high speed train) and tunnel under the Alps will give a new way to send people and objects to Italy. Ecologists are opposed to the tunnel, but their arguments are weak.
Everything you buy anywhere got there on a truck. Trucks are the life blood for us all. Many towns don't have railway stations so how are goods supposed to get to those places? Tell me why trucks are "inefficient" please.....
@@c0mpu73rguyActually Italy and France are Building a High Speed train Tunnel but It Will take a lot of time as It consist in 2 parallel tunnels long 57km each
@@alessandro7805 High Speed train is for passengers, not for goods as far as I know but good for them... Us... I'm technically part of one of these countries.
Developed countries at their best We wish our leaders to see this type of infrustructure Some nations are 40years ahead of time while other leaders just busy looting resources then deposite them in offshore accounts, building mansions in foreign land. Rediculous. Thanks for this masterpiece
France and Italy have been stealing all the resources in Africa for 400 years. They lobby any right wing corrupt dictator to avoid protectionist and socialist policies in Africa which would lead to their Independence and economic development.
Hello. The mountain route is only good for tourist trips. If you are a driver and your company sends you through mountain routes (we mean for this particular route) it is good to know that they are abusing your profession.
Hello. The permitted speed in the tunnel is 70 km/h, and there may be specific restrictions for the day. When the traffic is normal, it takes between 15-20 minutes depending on how you drove in the tunnel.
