Mont Blanc Tunnel - West Entrance (France)
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The Mont Blanc Tunnel is a road tunnel in the Alps under the Mont Blanc mountain, linking Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France (45°54′5″N 6°51′39″E / 45.90139°N 6.86083°E / 45.90139; 6.86083), and Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy (45°49′4″N 6°57′7″E / 45.81778°N 6.95194°E / 45.81778; 6.95194). It is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes, particularly for Italy, which relies on the tunnel for transporting as much as one-third of its freight to northern Europe. It reduces the route from France to Turin by 50 km and to Milan by 100 km.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Blanc_Tunnel
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Coordinates: 45°54'4"N 6°51'40"E
- Mont Blanc Tunnel
- Mont Blanc Tunnel - East Entrance (Italy) 12 km
- Fréjus Road Tunnel 80 km
- Fréjus Rail Tunnel 80 km
- Tunnel des Monts 81 km
- Eggerberg Tunnel 91 km
- Jungfraubahn-Tunnel 114 km
- New Tunnel Furka 2 134 km
- Furka - Basistunnel 139 km
- Furka old railway, top tunnel 141 km
- Chamonix-Mont-Blanc 6 km
- Vallée Blanche 6.5 km
- Leschaux Glacier 9 km
- Miage Glacier 10 km
- Courmayeur 11 km
- Argentière Glacier 12 km
- Orsières 20 km
- La Salle 22 km
- Aosta Valley 44 km
- Valais 69 km