The Mont Blanc Tunnel is a highway tunnel running beneath Mont Blanc in the Alps, linking Chamonix in France with Courmayeur in Italy. It is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes, carrying as much as a third of Italy's freight bound for northern Europe, and it shortens the road route from France to Turin by about 50 kilometers and to Milan by around 100 kilometers.
Facts
Completion Year SignificanceOne of the major trans-Alpine transport routes; Italy relies on it for as much as one-third of the freight it sends to northern Europe. 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Mont Blanc Tunnel
WikipediaSecond paragraph, opening-date sentence
Drilling began in 1959 and was completed in 1962; the tunnel was opened to traffic on 19 July 1965.
First paragraph, third sentence (freight role)
The passageway is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes, particularly for Italy, which relies on this tunnel for transporting as much as one-third of its freight to northern Europe.
Introduction, current role
The passageway is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes, particularly for Italy, which relies on this tunnel for transporting as much as one-third of its freight to northern Europe.
In Group: Road Tunnels, Lead sentence
The Mont Blanc Tunnel (French: Tunnel du Mont-Blanc, Italian: Traforo del Monte Bianco) is a highway tunnel between France and Italy, under Mont Blanc in the Alps.
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