But the longest tunnel in the world has been completed.
It is in Switzerland
And, no, it is not totally finished.
The train tracks must be laid before the tunnel will be in service in about 2017 or so.
But, the monumental break though has happened with the humongous drill seen in the picture above.
This is not the first long tunnel in Switzerland.
A few years ago several of us went on a tour to Switzerland and as part of our adventures we took a train ride through a long tunnel up to the ‘top of the world’, a scenic tourist site.
The interesting thing about that trip was that one of our travelers does not like tunnels at all and busied herself listening to music on her iPod to try to ‘forget’ where she was and what she was doing.
That tunnel was only about 12 miles long.
This tunnel, which has just been finished, the longest one in the world, is 35.5 miles. Wow.
My friend would not be happy traveling in this new tunnel.
Anyway, to read about it, HERE’S THE LINK
And to see a 2 minute 37 video of the break through event (after another irritating brief commercial), HERE’S THE LINK
