Tunnels in Germany Tunnels in Germany The Herren Tunnel is a German 780 metre-long road- tunnel underneath the river Trave. It is part of the national highway Bundesstrasse 75, connecting Lübeck and Travemünde. It is Germany's second toll tunnel, and was opened on 26 August 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "Herren Tunnel"
New Elbe Tunnel ( Neuer Elbtunnel ) The tunnel with its length of 2.6 km (1.6 miles) was constructed in the 1970s with three pipes beneath the harbour, containing six Autobahn lanes. To meet the demands of increasing traffic, in 2004 a fourth pipe was completed with two more lanes. It was drilled through the ground by the world's largest tunnel boring machine (TBM), the front plate of the machine being about 48 feet in diameter. The machine was named Trude, a short form of the name Gertrud, and an acronym for 'Tief runter unter die Elbe ' ( Deep down under the Elbe ). ...more on Wikipedia about "New Elbe Tunnel"
Old Elbe Tunnel (Alter Elbtunnel) Opened 1911, the 426m (1,400 ft) long tunnel was a technical sensation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Old Elbe tunnel"
Rennsteig Tunnel (German: Rennsteigtunnel) is the longest road tunnel in Germany with a length of 7,916 m. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rennsteig Tunnel"
The Warnow Tunnel (also known as the Warnow River Crossing and the Warnowquerung in German) is a 790m long road tunnel which connects the east and west bank of the Warnow river in the Hanseatic city of Rostock in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Warnow Tunnel"
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