Tunnel
1997 Apr 21 |
In Japan drilling on the world’s longest stretch of undersea highway (about 6 miles) was completed across Tokyo Bay to link the cities of Kawasaki and Kisarazu. Links: Japan, Tunnel |
2006 |
The London Borough of Hackney evicted William Lyttle (75), the Mole Man of Mortimer Road, to allow work to stabilize the Victorian house, where he spent 40 years digging a labyrinth of tunnels. Links: Britain, Tunnel |
2007 Oct 12 |
In southern California 28 commercial vehicles and one passenger vehicle were involved in the crash in the southbound truck tunnel of Interstate 5 that killed three people and injured at least 10. Links: USA, California, Tunnel |
2008 Jan 27 |
In northwest Pakistan security forces retook the Kohat Tunnel, which was captured a day earlier, and killed at least 24 militants. Links: Pakistan, Tunnel |
2008 Nov 15 |
In eastern China a subway tunnel under construction collapsed in Hangzhou, trapping workers and creating a huge crater into which more than 10 vehicles plunged. At least 7 people died and 14 were missing. Links: China, Tunnel |
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2009 Jun 8 |
New Jersey officials broke ground for a new tunnel under the Hudson River linking to NYC. The $8.7 billion project was expected to be completed in 2017. Links: USA, New Jersey, Tunnel |
2010 Dec 13 |
US immigration agents discovered a 13-foot drug tunnel stretching from the Mexican border to a metered parking space in Arizona, where vehicles with holes cut in the bottom would park and take marijuana from people inside the underground space. Links: USA, Mexico, Arizona, Drugs, Tunnel |
2010 Dec 15 |
In China workers blasted through the last part of a tunnel that connects the Tibetan county of Metok to China's major thoroughfare. Links: China, Tibet, Tunnel |
2012 Mar 9 |
In Canada PM Stephen Harper said a new pedestrian link, to be operational by 2014, would help give Toronto's Billy Bishop Airport the service it deserves. The new tunnel will eliminate the need for a short ferry ride to the downtown island airport. Links: Canada, Tunnel |