| Name
|
Location
|
Length
|
Year
|
Tubes
|
Road
|
Notes
|
| Lærdal
|
Norway (Lærdal – Aurland)
|
24.51 km (15.2 mi)
|
2000
|
1
|
E16
|
Longest road tunnel in the world.
|
| Yamate Tunnel
|
Japan (Tokyo)
|
18.20 km (11.3 mi)
|
2007
2010
2015
|
2
|
C2, Shuto Expressway
|
Longest in-city road tunnel in the world.
|
| Zhongnanshan Tunnel
|
China (Shaanxi)
|
18.04 km (11.2 mi)
|
2007
|
2
|
G65, Xi’an-Zhashui Expressway[16] |
|
| Jinpingshan Tunnel[17][18] |
China (Sichuan)
|
17.54 km (10.9 mi)
|
2011
|
2
|
between sites of Jinping-I and Jinping-II Hydropower Station
|
2 tubes, 17.540 km and 17.485 km
|
| St. Gotthard
|
Switzerland (Uri – Ticino)
|
16.918 km (10.5 mi)
|
1980
|
1
|
A2/E35
|
“World’s longest tunnel” 1980 – 2000
|
| Mount Ovit Tunnel
|
Turkey (İkizdere – İspir)
|
14.346 km (8.9 mi)
|
2018[19] |
2
|
D.925
|
|
| Ryfylke tunnel
|
Norway
|
14.3 km (8.9 mi)
|
2019
|
2
|
13
|
The longest underwater road tunnel in the world
|
| Arlberg
|
Austria (Vorarlberg – Tyrol)
|
13.972 km (8.7 mi)
|
1978
|
1
|
S16/E60
|
“World’s longest tunnel” 1979 – 1980
|
| Xishan Tunnel
|
China (Shanxi)
|
13.654 km (8.5 mi)
|
2012[20] |
2
|
S56 Shanxi Taiyuan-Gujiao Expressway
|
Left tube：13.654 m, right tube：13.570 m
|
| New Erlangshan Tunnel[21] |
China (Sichuan)
|
13.433 km (8.3 mi)
|
2018
|
2
|
Ya’an-Kangding Expressway
|
Left tube: 13.433 m, right tube: 13.381 m
|
| Hongtiguan Tunnel
|
China (Shanxi)
|
13.122 km (8.2 mi)
|
2013[22] |
2
|
S76 Shanxi Changzhi-Pingshun Expressway
|
Left tube: 13.122 m, right tube: 13.098 m[23] |
| Hsuehshan
|
Taiwan
|
12.942 km (8.0 mi)
|
2006
|
2
|
5
|
|
| Fréjus
|
France – Italy
|
12.895 km (8.0 mi)
|
1980
|
1
|
E70
|
|
| KPE & MCE Expressway Tunnel
|
Singapore
|
12.46 km (7.7 mi)
|
2008
2013
|
1*
|
Kallang–Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) and Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE)
|
Tunnel section of KPE (8.13 km) and MCE (4.33 km) are contiguous, hence classified as one tunnel.
*Dual carriageway 12 Lanes of traffic (maximum width: 70m) with each direction separated only by a full-height wall, thus considered to be one tube.
|
| Maijishan Tunnel
|
China (Gansu)
|
12.29 km (7.6 mi)
|
2009
|
2
|
G30, Baoji-Tianshui Expressway
|
2 tubes, 12.290 km and 12.286 km
|
| Mt. Blanc
|
France – Italy (Alps)
|
11.611 km (7.2 mi)
|
1965
|
1
|
E25
|
“World’s longest tunnel” 1965 – 1979
|
| Gudvangen
|
Norway (Gudvangen – Flåm)
|
11.428 km (7.1 mi)
|
1991
|
1
|
E16
|
|
| Yunshan Tunnel
|
China (Shanxi)
|
11.408 km (7.1 mi)
|
2014
|
2
|
G2516 Dongyin-Luliang Expressway
|
Left tube: 11.408 m, right tube: 11.377 m
|
| Eysturoyartunnilin
|
Faroe Islands
|
11.238 km (7.0 mi)
|
2020
|
1
|
|
Forked with roundabout and 3 entries. Segments 7.5 km (4.7 mi), 2.2 km (1.4 mi) and 1.7 km (1.1 mi) long.
|
| Baojiashan Tunnel
|
China (Shaanxi)
|
11.200 km (7.0 mi)
|
2009[24] |
2
|
G65, Xi’an-Ankang Expressway
|
Left tube: 11.200 m, right tube: 11.195 m
|
| Folgefonna
|
Norway (Odda – Eitrheim)
|
11.15 km (6.9 mi)
|
2001
|
1
|
49
|
|
| Kan-etsu
|
Japan (Gunma – Niigata)
|
11.055 km (6.9 mi)
|
1985
1991
|
2
|
Kan-Etsu Expressway
|
Two tubes (the older 10.926 m)
|
| Inje-Yangyang Tunnel [ko]
|
South Korea (Gangwon Province)
|
10.962 km (6.85 mi)
|
2017
|
2
|
Seoul–Yangyang Expressway
|
10.965 km (Seoul bound) / 10.962 km (Yangyang bound)
|
| Toven Tunnel[25] |
Norway
|
10.655 km (6.6 mi)
|
2014
|
1
|
78
|
|
| Baotashan[26] |
China (Shanxi)
|
10.480 km (6.512 mi)
|
2012[27] |
2
|
S66 Shanxi Hefen Expressway
|
Left tube: 10.192 m, right tube: 10.480 m
|
| Hida
|
Japan (Gifu)
|
10.71 km (6.7 mi)
|
2008
|
1
|
Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway
|
|
| Gran Sasso d’Italia
|
Italy (Abruzzo)
|
10.176 km (6.3 mi)
|
1984
1995
|
2
|
A24
|
Two tubes (the newer 10.173 m)
|
| Lowari Tunnel
|
Pakistan
|
10.4 km (6.5 mi)
|
1975
2017
|
2
|
N-45 / Dir-Chitral Highway
|
Two tunnels: 8.5 km (5.3 mi) and 1.9 km (1.2 mi)
|
| Jondal Tunnel
|
Norway (Mauranger – Jondal)
|
10.05 km (6.2 mi)
|
2012
|
1
|
49
|
| Nibashan Tunnel[a] |
China (Sichuan)
|
10.007 km (6.2 mi)
|
2012[28] |
2
|
G5, Beijing-Kunming Expressway
|
2 tubes, 10.007 km and 9.962 km
|
| Duplex A86 [fr]
|
France (Rueil-Malmaison – Versailles)
|
10 km (6.2 mi)
|
2009/2011
|
1*
|
A86
|
*the two two-lane directions are superimposed (hence duplex) in one tube
|
| Many more tunnels exist that are shorter than 10 kilometres (6 mi)
|
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