Mont Blanc tunnel construction, around 1959
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Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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2449 x 3381 px | 20.7 x 28.6 cm | 8.2 x 11.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1 January 1959Photographer:
Kurt Schraudenbach/Süddeutsche Zeitung PhotoMore information:
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Mont Blanc tunnel construction, around 1959. In a few years, the longest road tunnel in the world (about 11.6 km) should drive from the Italian Courmayeur to the French Chamonix, right through the Mont Blanc, whose rock and ice mass lie to some extent thousands of feet above the tunnel passage. The construction began in 1959 - breakthrough 1962 - opening 1965 (undated image)., 01.01.1959-31.12.1965