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Structure-ID: s0003177
Created on: 24/02/02
Modified on: 04/09/08


Mont-Blanc Tunnel

Tunnel du Mont-Blanc
Completed in: 1965
Status: in use
Location: Between Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie (74), Rhône-Alpes, France and Courmayeur, Valle d'Aosta, Italy
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Structural Type:
Tunnel
Function / usage:
Road tunnel

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Rehabilitation
Co-contractor Bouygues Construction
  Dumez-GTM
  Freyssinet International
  Impregilo S.p.A.
  Vinci Construction Grands Projets

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
tunnel structure  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  width 8.6 m
  tunnel length 11.6 km

Chronology
1949
Signature of a Franco-Italian agreement on the construction of the road tunnel through the Mont Blanc.
1957
Creation of the French company of the Mont Blanc Tunnel.
1965
Opening of the tunnel.
24 March 1999
A Belgian truck carrying flour and margarine catches fire at km 6.7, still in the Italian part of the tunnel. The fire becomes extremely hot and creates toxic fumes. 39 people die in the tunnel.
26 March 1999
53 hours after the beginning of the fire, it is controlled.
9 March 2002
Tunnel is re-opened to car and trucks with highly increased security measures.

Relevant Web Sites
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External LinkAutoroute et Tunnel du Mont-Blanc (ATMB) French English
External LinkCNN: Mont Blanc reopens despite blast English
External LinkGEIE Tunnel du Mont-Blanc / Traforo del Monte Bianco English French Italian
External LinkThe World's Longest Tunnel Page: Traforo del Monte Bianco - The Mont Blanc Tunnel English
External LinkWikipedia: Mont-Blanc-Tunnel German

Relevant Literature
* Inauguration du tunnel routier du Mont-Blanc (16 juillet 1965), in "Travaux", September 1965, n. 368 .
* L'ouverture des travaux de percement du tunnel routier sous le Mont-Blanc, in "Travaux", July 1959, n. 297 .
* Le plus long tunnel routier sans puits de ventilation (11 600 m), in "Travaux", January 1992, n. 672 .
* Les travaux d'avancement du tunnel routier sous le Mont Blanc, in "Travaux", February 1961, n. 316 .
* Le tunnel du Mont-Blanc, in "Bulletin annuel de l'AFGC", January 2002, n. 4 .
* Tunnel du Mont-Blanc, in "Freyssinet Magazine", May - August 2001, n. 211 .
* Tunnel du Mont-Blanc. Avancement des travaux du côté de l'Italie, in "Travaux", April 1962, n. 330 .
* L'entrée du tunnel routier sous le Mont Blanc (côté France), in "La Technique des Travaux", September 1966, n. 9-10 v. 42 .
* Aubert, Christian   Réhabilitation et modernisation du tunnel du Mont-Blanc, in "Travaux", November 2002, n. 791 .
* Direction de la Communication ATMB   Le tunnel du Mont-Blanc, in "Travaux", April 2001, n. 774 .
* Direction de la Communication ATMB   Le tunnel du Mont-Blanc. Le point sur le chantier de la concession française, in "Travaux", July - August 1998, n. 744 .
* Jouret, A.   Le trafic du tunnel du Mont-Blanc après cinq ans d'exploitation, in "Travaux", 1970 .
* Lévy, Bertrand   Tunnel du Mont-Blanc. Nouvelle configuration d'exploitation, presented at AFTES ? Toulouse 21-23 octobre 2002.
* Levy, Betrand   Le tunnel du Mont-Blanc, in "Travaux", November 2001, n. 780 .
* Louveau, J.   Le tunnel sous le Mont-Blanc a 25 ans, in "Travaux", December 1990, n. 660 .
* Louveau, L.   Le tunnel du Mont-Blanc. « Déjà dix-huit années de bons et loyaux services », in "Travaux", February 1984, n. 585 .
* Scavarda, V.   Le tunnel routier sous le Mont-Blanc, in "Travaux", January 1963, n. 339 .

 
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