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General Information

Official designation: 5315/06
Beginning of works: 1998
Completion: 5 July 2003
Duration of works: 57 months
Status: in use

Project Type

Structure: Tunnel
Function / usage: Road tunnel

Location

Location: , , ,
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For:
  • Autobahn A71
Part of:
Coordinates: 50° 40' 9.50" N    10° 41' 21.01" E
Coordinates: 50° 42' 44.65" N    10° 46' 35.64" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

tunnel section area 76 - 94 m²
on-axis distance between tubes 25 m
crossing tubes number 25
spacing ca. 300 m
eastern tube length 7 878 m
tube diameter 7.5 m
roadway / carriageway width 1 m + 2 x 3.75 m + 1 m = 9.50 m
western tube length 7 916 m

Quantities

concrete volume 300 000 m³
excavated material 1 350 000 m³

Cost

cost of construction ca. Euro 201 000 000

Chronology

5 July 2003

Inaugurated by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.

7 July 2003

Opened to traffic.

Excerpt from Wikipedia

Rennsteig Tunnel (German: Rennsteigtunnel) is the longest road tunnel in Germany with a length of 7,878 meters (4.919 mi).

The Rennsteig Tunnel is part of the motorway Autobahn A 71 between Gräfenroda and Oberhof in Thuringia. It is also called the Christiane Tunnel for its "godmother" Christiane Herzog, wife of the former German President Roman Herzog.

The tunnel was built between 26 June 1998 and 5 July 2003, when it was opened by German chancellor Gerhard Schröder.

It was part of the traffic project German unity ("Verkehrsprojekt Deutsche Einheit") and cost 210 million euros.

The German automobile club ADAC voted the Rennsteig Tunnel in 2004 as Europe's safest tunnel.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Rennsteig Tunnel" and modified on February 10, 2023 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • Structure-ID
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  • Published on:
    20/07/2000
  • Last updated on:
    07/02/2023
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