Wednesday, June 5, 2019

6 HIGHEST VEHICULAR TUNNELS IN THE WORLD – NUMBER 4 – CHO LA MOUNTAIN TUNNEL


Tunnel Name
Cho La Mountain Tunnel AKA Tunnel Mount Que’ershan
Location
Cho La Mountains in western Sichuan Province, China
Year Opened
2017
Height (Feet)
14,363
Distance (Miles)
4.35
Other
Project took 15 years to complete. Tunnel has a speed limit of 40 kph and takes around 10 minutes to pass through. Before the tunnel was built, drivers had to negotiate a treacherous mountain route prone to landslides, avalanches, rockfalls, blizzards, and ice.

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