Great St Bernard Tunnel

Great St Bernard Tunnel
Italian side of the tunnel
Overview
Other name(s)Tunnel du Grand Saint-Bernard (French)
Traforo del Gran San Bernardo (Italian)
Grosser-Sankt-Bernhard-Tunnel (German)
LocationItaly/Switzerland
Coordinates45°51′52″N 7°10′22″E / 45.8645°N 7.17266°E / 45.8645; 7.17266
StatusOpen
Route E27/ T 2/ H21
CrossesGreat St Bernard Pass
StartItaly Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses, Aosta Valley
EndSwitzerland Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Valais
Operation
Work begun1958
Opened19 March 1964
OperatorSISEX S.A.
TrafficAutomotive
TollSee list
Technical
Length5,798 m (6,341 yd)
No. of lanes2 (one per direction)
Operating speed80km/h (50mph)
Highest elevation1,918 m (6,293 ft)
Lowest elevation1,875 m (6,152 ft)
Great St Bernard Tunnel is located in Aosta Valley
Great St Bernard Tunnel
Location of the tunnel in Aosta Valley
Great St Bernard Tunnel is located in Canton of Valais
Great St Bernard Tunnel
Location of the tunnel in Valais

The Great St Bernard Tunnel (French: Tunnel du Grand Saint-Bernard, Italian: Traforo del Gran San Bernardo, German: Grosser-Sankt-Bernhard-Tunnel) is a road tunnel complementing the Great St Bernard Pass, linking Martigny (in the Swiss canton of Valais) with Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses (in the Aosta Valley, in north western Italy).