Bözberg Road Tunnel

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Bözberg Road Tunnel
Overview
Location Aargau, Switzerland
Coordinates 47°28′10″N8°7′15″E / 47.46944°N 8.12083°E / 47.46944; 8.12083 Coordinates: 47°28′10″N8°7′15″E / 47.46944°N 8.12083°E / 47.46944; 8.12083
Status Active
Route A3 motorway
Operation
Opened 1996
Character road
Technical
Length 3,705 metres (12,156 ft)

The Bözberg Road Tunnel is a motorway tunnel in Switzerland. The tunnel lies under the Bözberg Pass between Frick and Baden, in the canton of Aargau, and forms part of the A3 motorway from Basel to Sargans. It is 3,705 metres (12,156 ft) long, and was opened in 1996. [1]

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Bözberg Pass

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The tunnel runs roughly parallel to the Bözberg Rail Tunnel. [2]

The Bözberg Rail Tunnel is a railway tunnel in the Swiss canton of Aargau. The tunnel takes the Bözberg railway line of the Swiss Federal Railways under the Bözberg Pass between Effingen and Schinznach-Dorf. It is 2,526 metres (8,287 ft) long, and carries twin standard gauge tracks electrified at 15 kV AC 16 2/3 Hz using overhead catenary. The tunnel opened in 1875 and runs roughly parallel to the later Bözberg Road Tunnel on the A3 motorway.

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References

  1. "Bözberg Tunnel". structurae.net. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  2. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2015-04-14.