Farchant tunnel
| Farchant tunnel | ||||
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 Access to the north portal
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| use | Road tunnel | |||
| traffic connection | B 2 , B 23 , E 533 | |||
| place | Farchant | |||
| length | 2390 m | |||
| vehicles per day | 24000 | |||
| Number of tubes | 2 | |||
| construction | ||||
| Client | Federal Republic of Germany | |||
| building-costs | 255 million DM | |||
| start of building | 1995 | |||
| completion | 2000 | |||
| planner | Motorway Directorate South Bavaria | |||
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| Coordinates | ||||
| North portal | 47 ° 32 ′ 3 ″ N , 11 ° 7 ′ 11 ″ E | |||
| South portal | 47 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ N , 11 ° 6 ′ 46 ″ E | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Farchant Tunnel is a road tunnel opened in Bavaria in 2000 . The federal highways 2 and 23, as well as the European route 533 lead through it . It is part of the bypass around Farchant and the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district of Burgrain , which relieves the two towns of transit traffic. The tunnel consists of two tubes, of which the eastern one is 2390 m long; the western tube is somewhat shorter at 2275 m.
history
In 1964, plans became known to build the A 95 from Munich to Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Originally a route was planned along the Estergebirge , i.e. on the east side of the Loisach valley. However, these plans were changed in 1989 to expand the existing federal highway 2 .
In 1994 the Europe-wide tender for tunnel construction was carried out and construction work began the following year. Since the construction costs could not be paid from the current budget, it was decided to pre-finance the tunnel privately. The repayment of these loans was planned for 2015.
In June 2000 the tunnel was opened to traffic.
In the 2001 ADAC tunnel test, the tunnel received an overall rating of "very good" and thus emerged as the safest tunnel in this test.
Since its completion, the tunnel was the longest road tunnel in the Free State of Bavaria. After completion of the neighboring Oberau tunnel , it will only be the second longest.
Transport links
The tunnel is part of the planned 4-lane expansion of federal highway 2 between the end of the A95 motorway near Eschenlohe and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. In the course of this expansion, two more tunnels were planned, the Oberau tunnel and the Auerberg tunnel . Construction of the Oberau tunnel began on September 1, 2015.
Immediately south of the tunnel, federal highway 23 branches off to the west and after about 1.5 km reaches the construction site of the Kramer tunnel .
In the further course of federal highway 2 in the direction of Mittenwald , another tunnel to relieve Partenkirchen is being planned with the Wanktunnel .
Retrofitting
Although the tunnel had been declared the safest tunnel in the ADAC tunnel test in 2001, in 2012 it no longer met the applicable safety regulations. This is why the Southern Bavaria Autobahn Directorate decided to retrofit the tunnel for 13 million euros. The number of rescue crosscuts is to be increased from three to seven and the originally relatively large distance between them is to be reduced. The large gap was already criticized in the 2001 tunnel test. In addition, the technical systems are being renewed and various measures to increase traffic safety are being carried out.
Two years of construction were estimated for the renovation, with no construction being possible during the winter months. The work was originally supposed to start in 2012, but due to problems with the construction company, the start had to be postponed to 2013, so that completion was expected in November 2014.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Chronicle of the plans for the motorway through the Loisachtal. Traffic relief Oberau, accessed on April 30, 2013 .
- ↑ Technical thesis on the topic of "Tunnel Farchant" (PDF; 1.95 MB) on Gesundheitsamt.de/gap
- ↑ Farchant Tunnel. structurae.de, accessed April 30, 2013 .
- ↑ a b The safest tunnel is at Farchant. welt.de, April 27, 2001, accessed April 30, 2013 .
- ↑ Retrofitting the Farchant tunnel (PDF; 367 kB) on abdsb.bayern.de