Rennsteig Tunnel (German: Rennsteigtunnel ) is the longest road tunnel in Germany with a length of 7,878 meters (4.919 mi).
4-638: 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
8-534: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bundesautobahn 71 Bundesautobahn 71 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 71 , short form Autobahn 71 , abbreviated as BAB 71 or A 71 ) is an Autobahn in Germany . It connects the A ;38 and Erfurt to the A 70 near Schweinfurt . A further northern extension to the A 14 near Plötzkau has been proposed by
12-485: The Rennsteig Tunnel in 2004 as Europe 's safest tunnel. 50°41′43″N 10°44′06″E / 50.69528°N 10.73500°E / 50.69528; 10.73500 This article about a Thuringia building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This European tunnel-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about transport in Germany
16-692: The state government of Sachsen-Anhalt . Construction on the A ;71, supervised by DEGES , began in 1996, most parts were being opened by December 2005. The project was completed in September 2015. The section through the Thuringian Forest was the most expensive road ever built in Germany with an average cost of €10 million per kilometre (€16,000,000/mi). This section includes the Rennsteig Tunnel which
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