The Mont Blanc road tunnel linking France and Italy reopened to traffic on Friday following the completion of construction work.
Webcam video on the tunnel's website showed vehicles passing through toll booths in the evening. Traffic conditions were normal in both directions, the tunnel’s telephone information service said.
The 11-kilometre tunnel had been closed for 15 weeks for work on its vault structure, forcing motorists to use alternative routes and face significantly longer travel times.
The reopening follows hundreds of safety tests carried out by tunnel operators in recent weeks. The tunnel was also closed for several weeks last year for similar structural work.
The Mont Blanc Tunnel in the Alps was inaugurated in 1965. At the time, it was the longest road tunnel in the world.
LATEST POSTS
- 1
James Webb Space Telescope discovers a lemon-shaped exoplanet unlike anything seen before: 'What the heck is this?' - 2Charli xcx recorded original songs for 'Wuthering Heights' — what to know about the new album for Margot Robbie's film
- 3Damaged launch pad: How long before Russia can send astronauts to the ISS again?
- 4German foreign minister backs abandoning EU's unanimity principle
- 5Find the Wonders of the Silk Street: Following the Antiquated Shipping lanes
- NASA's Artemis II launch leaves Americans in awe: 'We're going back to the frickin' moon!'
- Iranian missile hit on Ne'ot Hovav factory leads to fear of chemical leakage
- 'People We Meet on Vacation' is the 1st of many Emily Henry adaptations: What other books turned movies to look forward to
- Crew-11 astronauts undock in 1st-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station (video)
- Over 250,000 cases of shredded cheese recalled over possible metal fragments
- Building a Maintainable Closet: Individual Excursions in Moral Style
- Minnesota jury says Johnson & Johnson owes $65.5 million to woman with cancer who used talcum powder
- Figure out How to Reveal Stowed away Open Record Rewards
- Chinese construction workers in Israel: 'I’d rather be bombed than live in poverty'
