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Buildings & Structures > Tunnels and Underground Structures


On 10th January, 1863,
 London’s underground Metropolitan Railway was opened... Read more »

On 19th May, 1906,
 The Simplon rail tunnel was officially opened... Read more »

On 25th February, 1908,
 The Hudson River rail tunnel was first opened to the public... Read more »

On 14th February, 1942,
 The Maastunnel car tunnel in the Netherlands was opened... Read more »

On 25th June, 1971,
 The new Mersey Tunnel was officially opened... Read more »

On 5th September, 1980,
 The world’s third longest road tunnel, the St. Gotthard Tunnel, was officially opened.... Read more »

On 13th March, 1988,
 The world’s longest underwater tunnel, the Seikan Tunnel, was opened... Read more »

On 6th May, 1994,
 The Channel Tunnel between England and France was officially opened... Read more »