List of road–rail tunnels explained

Road–rail tunnels are tunnels shared by road and rail lines, as an economy measure compared to constructing segregated tunnels. Road and rail may be provided with separate tubes.

China

• Jiangyin Jingjiang Yangtze River Tunnel (under construction), S229 and Xicheng Intercity Rail Transit
• Shanghai Yangtze River Parallel Tunnel, Shanghai Metro Chongming line and 4-lane road.
• Wuhan Yangtze River road-railway Tunnel (Line 7 and Sanyang road-Qinyuan road), the first road-rail tunnel of Yangtze River built by tunnel-borning machine.^[1]

Denmark

• Oresund Bridge (tunnel directly linked to a bridge)
• Fehmarn Belt Tunnel – construction began 2021

France

• Montets tunnel, single tube shared by road and railway (used by road vehicles only when the pass road is closed because of snow)^[2]

Germany

• Fehmarn Sound tunnel, completion planned for 2028

Hong Kong

• Eastern Harbour Crossing

Turkey

• Great Istanbul Tunnel (proposed in 2015)

United States

• Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, Alaska
• Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, Washington (until 2019)
• Mount Washington Transit Tunnel, Pennsylvania

See also

• List of road–rail bridges

Notes and References

1. http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-10-09/doc-ifxeuwws2313683.shtml “万里长江公铁第一隧”武汉长江公铁隧道正式通车
2. [:fr:Col des Montets|[FR] Col des Montets]