World's longest purpose-built pedestrian tunnel?
Where is the world's longest publicly accessible purpose-built pedestrian tunnel?
Wikipedia has:
- List of long tunnels by type, bicycle and pedestrian. This is incomplete, as the only long pedestrian tunnel I've been in, the 1.6 km Niwärch tunnel (photo), was unlisted until I added it. Worse, many of the entries are not pedestrian tunnels, but tunnels for disused railways now open to the public. That's cheating.
- A category on pedestrian tunnels, which is even more incomplete (only 13 entries!).
Where is the longest purpose-built pedestrian tunnel in the world? By a pedestrian tunnel, I mean a tunnel that, when built, was not designed for anything larger than a pedestrian or possibly cyclists. For example, the Niwärch tunnel counts; built for water + human but has always been publicly accessible, but does not fit anything larger than a pedestrian (the watercourse is less than a metre wide). Disused railways that are now open to foot and bike traffic don't count. For the purpose of my question, it should be a simple tunnel connecting A to B; large networks of underground pathways such as the Toronto PATH do not count, for the same reason that the Shanghai Metro does not count as the world's longest railway tunnel.
Best Answer
The pedestrian-part of the Galleria ENEL Alpe Croppi di Lago appears to be around 2.8 km long (and reportedly only around 1.8 metre high in places, though I'm not sure about the height in general). It is used by a variant route of the GTA and other hiking routes. It is described by this video on youtube.
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Which is the longest tunnel in the world?
The Gotthard Base Tunnel, with a length of 57.09 km (35 mi 38 ch) and a total of 151.84 km (94 mi 28 ch) of tunnels, shafts and passages, is the longest railway tunnel in the world, with a geodetic distance of 55.782 km (34 mi 53 ch) between the two portals.Where is the longest road tunnel in the world?
At 24.5 kilometres, the L\xe6rdal tunnel is the world's longest road tunnel. The road links Aurland and L\xe6rdal, in the heart of Sogn, and provides a ferry-free connection between Oslo and Bergen.How long is the pedestrian tunnel?
The Pedestrian Tunnel \u2013 900 ft (275 metres) long and at 10.5 ft (3.2 metres) in diameter. See the tiled signage marking the old border between Northumberland and Durham.Can I walk through the Tyne tunnel?
Cycle or walk under the River Tyne. The Tunnels are open and operating as normal 24/7. Users should check the website for updates before setting off on a journey using the Tyne Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnels.More answers regarding world's longest purpose-built pedestrian tunnel?
Answer 2
There's a pedestrian tunnel under construction under Løvstakken, in Bergen, Norway. The length is 2900m. It's scheduled to open in 2023.
Parallelt med traseen bygges det en gang- og sykkeltunnel. Tunnelen vil bli en toveis bane med en bredde på seks meter. 3,5 meter blir sykkelfelt og 2,5 meter blir fortau.
In paralell with the [light rail] tunnel, a separate pedestrian and biking tunnel is being built. The tunnel will have two lanes [for bikes and pedestrians], with a total width of 6 meters. 3.5 meters will be bike lanes, and 2.5 meters for pedestrians.
Answer 3
Tunnel de la Croix-Rousse in Lyon, France, is a pair of tunnels, the first one for cars, the other one for sustainable transport (pedestrians, cyclists, busses). Their length is 1782m.
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