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Mont Blanc tunnelFrench words: Tunnel du Mont Blancalternative words: Tunnel of Mont Blanc keywords: alps , transport related topics: Frejus tunnel , Chamonix related web sites: http://www.atmb.net , http://cojeomon.edres74.ac-grenoble.fr/travaux/montagne/cham/histu.htm explanation: Inaugurated in July 1965 by General De Gaulle, Mont Blanc tunnel is one of the oldest car tunnels passing through Alps. Il connects Chamonix in France to Aosta valley in Italy with the total length of 11,6km. After a fire of March 1999 which made 39 victims, several security measures have been added such as parallel evacuation gallery. It reopened in March 2002, but since the closure of Frejus Tunnel in June 2005, it has to receive all the transalpine traffics in spite of environmentalists' protestation. | |