List of tunnels in Slovakia

Highway and road tunnels

Highways[1]

  • Bôrik Tunnel (in operation, D1 highway, E50 route, 999 m / 993 m)
  • Branisko Tunnel (in operation, D1 highway, E50 route, 4 975 m)
  • Čebrať Tunnel (under construction, D1 highway, E50 route, 2,026 m)
  • Horelica Tunnel (in operation, D3 highway, E75 route, 605 m)
  • Lučivná Tunnel (in operation, D1 highway, E50 route, 250 m)
  • Ovčiarsko Tunnel (under construction, D1 highway, E50 route, 2,375 m)
  • Poľana Tunnel (in operation, D3 highway, E75 route, 897 m)
  • Považský Chlmec Tunnel (in operation, D3 highway, E75 route, 2,217 m)
  • Šibeník Tunnel (in operation, D1 highway, E50 route, 593 m)
  • Sitina Tunnel (in operation, D2 highway, E65 route, 1440 m / 1415 m)
  • Svrčinovec Tunnel (in operation, D3 highway, E75 route, 445 m)
  • Višňové Tunnel (under construction, D1 highway, E50 route, 7460 m)
  • Žilina Tunnel (under construction, D1 highway, E50 route, 674 m)

Road[2]

  • Stratenský Tunnel (in operation since 1971, state road 67, Rožňava district, 326 m)

Railway tunnels

There are 76 railway tunnels in use in Slovakia[3]. Most significant are:

  • The longest ever: Harmanec Tunnel (in operation, Banská Bystrica - Dolná Štubňa track, 4,698 m)
  • The longest double-track and electrified: Bujanov Tunnel (in operation, Margecany - Košice track, 3,411 m)
  • The oldest (1848): Lamačský I Tunnel (in operation, Bratislava - Kúty track, 704 m)
  • Last opened (2013): Turecký vrch Tunnel (in operation, Bratislava - Žilina track, 1,775 m)
  • The shortest: Turček Tunnel, (in operation, Zvolen - Diviaky track, 37.7 m)

Besides these there are 9 more railway tunnels, which are abandoned or never finished and 2 more railway tunnels under construction. There is a tramway tunnel in Bratislava, too.

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See also

References
  1. http://www.dialnice.info/images/docs/mapa_tunelov.pdf
  2. https://www.rail.sk/skhist/cestne/stratena.htm | in Slovak
  3. https://www.rail.sk/skhist/tunely.htm | in Slovak
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