Great St Bernard Tunnel

Great St Bernard Tunnel

Italian side of the tunnel
Overview
Location	Italy/Switzerland
Coordinates	45°51′52″N 7°10′22″E / 45.8645°N 7.17266°E / 45.8645; 7.17266
Status	Open
Route	E27/ T 2/ H21
Crosses	Great St Bernard Pass
Start	Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses, Aosta Valley
End	Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Valais
Operation
Work begun	1958
Opened	19 March 1964
Operator	SISEX S.A.
Traffic	Automotive
Toll	See list
Technical
Length	5,798 m (6,341 yd)
No. of lanes	2 (one per direction)
Operating speed	80km/h (50mph)
Highest elevation	1,918 m (6,293 ft)
Lowest elevation	1,875 m (6,152 ft)

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Location of the tunnel in Aosta Valley

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Location of the tunnel in Valais

The Great St Bernard Tunnel (French: Tunnel du Grand Saint-Bernard, Italian: Traforo del Gran San Bernardo, German: Grosser-Sankt-Bernhard-Tunnel) is a road tunnel complementing the Great St Bernard Pass, linking Martigny (in the Swiss canton of Valais) with Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses (in the Aosta Valley, in north western Italy).