Although Lærdal Tunnel is currently the world's longest road tunnel, it's not the longest tunnel overall. One of the world's most challenging engineering endeavors, the Atal Rohtang Pass highway tunnel is ready to open after ten years of hard work and struggle. This Atal Rohtang Tunnel has been named after former Prime Minister Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Although it is a motorway tunnel, part of the A2 from Basel to Chiasso, it consists of only one bidirectional tube with two lanes. The Laerdal Tunnel located in Norway is the world's longest road tunnel and its designers have taken extra detail in making the drive especially beautiful. The tunnel is the longest and deepest subsea road tunnel in the world. â MyGovIndia (@mygovindia) October 3, 2020. After completing and owning the title of the worldâs tallest statue, India has now earned a title for having the worldâs longest highway tunnel. Anuj Tiwari Updated on Sep 25, 2020, 17:29 IST. QINGDAO, China, Oct. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The commencement ceremony for the second Jiaozhou Bay Tunnel project, also the world's longest Subsea road tunnel⦠The longest highway tunnel in the World, stretched for 9.02 km inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 3, 2020. At time of construction, in 1980, it was the longest road tunnel in the world; it is currently the fifth-longest. Know its features, infrastructure, and significance here. Stretching a total length of 24.51 km the roadway stands as the final link of European Route E16. 38.6 K Shares. The main contractor at Solbakk is Marti IAV Solbakk DA and the main contractor at Hundvåg is AF Gruppa Norge AS. The top six on the list are all water aqueducts (the longest being the 85-mile Delaware Aqueduct in New York State), while dozens of subway tunnels all around the world are longer than the Lærdal Tunnel. The other two tunnels in the Ryfast project, the Hundvag and Eiganes tunnels, will open in February 2020. The tunnel, which will be 18 kilometers (11.1 miles) long, is one of Europe's largest infrastructure projects, with a construction budget of over â¬7 billion ($8.2 billion). It is the worldâs highest and longest road tunnel. It is about 8.8 km long. Slated to become the worldâs longest tunnel at an altitude above 3,000 m or 10,000 ft when it opens officially in June 2020, the Rohtang Tunnel is also one among the longest road tunnel in India. Slated to open to the public in 2029, the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel will connect the 11.1 miles of ⦠The Statue of Unity is a 182m tall statue leaving Chinaâs spring Buddha temple behind became the tallest statue of the world; similarly, the Atal tunnel is 9.2 km long became the worldâs longest highway tunnel. Construction for the world's longest immersed tunnel is underway. World's Longest High-Altitude Road Tunnel Is Ready To Open & Here Are Some Breathtaking Images. This Atal Rohtang Tunnel, built at an altitude of 10,171 feet, has been built by connecting it to Rohtang Pass.