Valico di Fossato tunnel

06/06/2016

On 13.05.2016 the final breakthrough occurred in the Valico di Fossato tunnel on the SS76 Val d’Esino, Fossato di Vico-Cancelli section. This tunnel is part of the Quadrilatero Marche-Umbria project. The 2860 m tunnel runs along the regional border of Marche and Umbria. It is one of the longer tunnels of the project it is shorter than the Gola della Rossa tunnel by 3.76 km which was completed last May 2015.

The tunnel has been built by traditional methods from two sides, 2000 m from northern adit towards the South and 800 m from southern adit towards the North. The tunnel has 5 SOS areas and 9 bypasses. Click here and it/116 for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit http://www.quadrilaterospa.it/. 23/16.