Japan’s Seikan Tunnel Is Completed
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Engineering, Engineers, Transportation
- Curriculum: Asian History
- Geographical Location: Japan
- Date: March 16, 1985
Article abstract: The building of Japan’s Seikan Tunnel, the world’s longest tunnel, required the development of revolutionary new tunneling methods.
From Drawing Board to Reality
In 1985, the Seikan Tunnel, which connects the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido, was completed. This tremendous project took more than forty-five years to move from the planning stage to completion. The tunnel, the world’s longest, had to include a 23-kilometer central section beneath the treacherous and highly earthquake-prone Tsugaru Strait. Its completion was...
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