Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel

Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel

West entry to the Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel
Overview
Location	Suez Canal
Start	Sinai Peninsula
End	Suez
Operation
Constructed	Tarmac Construction
Opened	1981
Reopened	1992
Technical
Length	1.63 km (1.01 mi)
No. of lanes	2

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Location of Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel

The Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel is a 1.63-kilometre-long (1.01 mi) car tunnel under the Suez Canal at Shallufa. The tunnel is named after Ahmed Hamdi, an Egyptian engineer and general killed in action during the October 1973 War. It has two lanes of traffic, one in each direction, and it connects the Asian Sinai Peninsula to the town of Suez on the African mainland.^[1]