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Sierre Tunnel

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Opened
  
1999

Length
  
2,460 m

Road
  
A9 motorway

Grade
  
Good

Route
  
A9 motorway

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Location
  
Sierre, Valais, Switzerland

The Sierre Tunnel (French: Tunnel de Sierre) is a tunnel near Sierre in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is part of the A9 Autobahn and is located between Sierre and Sierre-Est-Ouest.

Map of Tunnel de Sierre, 3960 Sierre, Switzerland

The tunnel was opened in 1999 and consists of two tubes of 2,460 metres (8,070 ft) in length. In a tunnel test by the European Tunnel Assessment Programme (EuroTAP) in 2005 it was rated as "good" – the second-highest grade out of five.

The two tubes consist of four linked tunnels, namely,

  • Alusuisse — 1,070 metres (3,510 ft),
  • Contoured — 620 metres (2,030 ft),
  • Crête Plane — 180 metres (590 ft), and
  • Ancien Sierre Plant Composition — 580 metres (1,900 ft).

    • The Sierre Tunnel came to international attention in March 2012 after a coach crash inside resulted in the deaths of 28 people, including 22 children, who were returning to Belgium from a school skiing holiday.

    References

    Sierre Tunnel Wikipedia
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