Karawanks Tunnel (motorway)
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Location | Sankt Jakob im Rosental, Carinthia, Austria/ Hrušica, Jesenice, Slovenia |
| Coordinates | 46°31′09″N 14°01′22″E / 46.51917°N 14.02278°E |
| Status | Second tube under construction |
| Route | Karawanken Autobahn/ A2 motorway |
| Operation | |
| Work begun | August 1986 / September 2018 |
| Opened | June 1991 |
| Closed | West-Tube: 2025 - 2027 |
| Operator | ASFiNAG / DARS |
| Character | Single-tube (Second tube under construction) |
| Technical | |
| Length | 7,864 m (4.886 mi; 25,801 ft) |
| No. of lanes | 2 |
| Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) |
The Karawanks Tunnel (German: Karawankentunnel, Slovene: Predor Karavanke or Karavanški predor) is a motorway tunnel crossing the Alpine Karawanks mountain range between Austria and Slovenia, with a total length of 7,864 m (4.886 mi; 25,801 ft), 8,019 m (4.983 mi; 26,309 ft) enclosure between the portals. Its construction began in 1986 and it opened on 1 June 1991. It connects the Austrian Karawanken Autobahn (A11) from Villach with the A2 motorway leading to Kranj and Ljubljana in Slovenia, decongesting the historic Loibl/Ljubelj and Wurzen/Korensko sedlo mountain passes.
