Tag: tunnel

• Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Colombia opened South America's longest road tunnel, 8,5 kilometers

  

  Colombia opened South America’s longest road tunnel, the Tunel de la Linea, on Friday after more than a decade of construction work. The tunnel, which is 8.65 km long, aims to reduce the time and cost of moving goods from the Pacific port city of Buenaventura to the centre of the country.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 17:00 UTC

  Argentina/Chile working on tunnel under the Andes linking the Atlantic and Pacific

  

  By 2022 if all works out as planned the Aconcagua Bi-Oceanic corridor should link the Atlantic with the Pacific coast of South America facilitating trade and business opportunities.