Province Sichuan | ||
Address 318 National Rd, Luding Xian, Ganzi Zangzuzizhizhou, Sichuan Sheng, China | ||
mount erlang tunnel china
The Mount Erlang Tunnel is a road tunnel along Sichuan-Tibet Highway (China National Highway 318), which connects China's Sichuan Province and Tibet Autonomous Region. The tunnel is 8,596 meters long and was dug through Mount Erlang in Sichuan Province.
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It opened on December 8, 1999. Construction took three years and cost 470 million yuan (56.6 million US dollars).
It was built to reduce time and replaces one of the most dangerous parts of the highway, which had frequent accidents because of landslides, rain and foggy weather.
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