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Longest Mont Blanc Tunnel Nears Completion
Engineers prepare to blast the final rock and link Paris and Rome via a seven mile Mont Blanc road tunnel expected to open in spring 1964. The project, begun in 1959, faced floods avalanches cave-ins and high safety measures, aiming to carry 244000 cars and 15000 trucks annually through the Alps.
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Mont Blanc
Italy
Paris
Rome
Europe
France
Alps
West Germany
Antreves
Chamonix
Straits of Kwanmuan
Japan