bikeman564™ Posted October 9, 2023 Share #1 Posted October 9, 2023 This is pretty neat-o See Inside the World’s Longest Purpose-Built Cycling Tunnel | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted October 9, 2023 Share #2 Posted October 9, 2023 33 minutes ago, bikeman564™ said: This is pretty neat-o See Inside the World’s Longest Purpose-Built Cycling Tunnel | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine Seems so luxe, with that rubberized track inside a tunnel to reduce body vibrations. Already one is protected from the weather elements!! Norway has a number of incredible transportation routes which blend bridges and multiple car tunnels...something we would never see in North America across / through narrow land strips/near mini-islands. The German engineering firm I worked for, started construction work on such a multi-type infrastructure over several hundred kms. long in Norway. I knew, because I would chat up with my counterpart in Norway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted October 9, 2023 Share #3 Posted October 9, 2023 It said they needed an emergency exit tunnel for the tram tunnel so it is duel purpose. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted October 9, 2023 Share #4 Posted October 9, 2023 For that sort of cash, Americans would demand moving sidewalks! Cyclists and pedestrians have an innovative new way of getting around in Bergen, Norway: a purpose-built tunnel that’s off-limits to cars. The 1.8-mile-long tunnel, called Fyllingsdalstunnelen, officially opened in Bergen last weekend, reports CNN’s Maureen O’Hare. It took four years and roughly $29 million to build, but it should ultimately shorten commute times and encourage more people to ditch their cars. Connecting Bergen’s city center with a residential neighborhood called Fyllingsdalen, the tunnel features designated lanes for cyclists and walkers to help streamline the flow of traffic. From end to end, traversing the entire route takes approximately 10 minutes on a bike or about 40 minutes on foot. Crews have lined the walking lane with blue rubber flooring designed to make it a little easier on the body than bare asphalt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted October 10, 2023 Share #5 Posted October 10, 2023 11 hours ago, Longjohn said: It said they needed an emergency exit tunnel for the tram tunnel so it is duel purpose. The project’s designers knew they had to build a parallel tunnel for emergency evacuations from the tram, but they cleverly realized the secondary tunnel could pull double duty. OK... that makes more sense. I read parts of the article and saw $29 million. My first thought... that would never happen here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted October 10, 2023 Share #6 Posted October 10, 2023 8 hours ago, Bikeguy said: My first thought... that would never happen here. They did spend millions reconstructing the tunnels on the GAP. But not 29 million, the tunnels were already there. They just had to clean them out and make them safe. The Big Savage tunnel was the most expensive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted October 10, 2023 Popular Post Share #7 Posted October 10, 2023 @Longjohn remembers riding on the old portion of the PA turnpike near Breezewood. The 13-mile section was abandoned in the late ‘60’s as it was cheaper to build a new route than to bore an additional 6,782 foot tunnel through Sideling Hill. The abandoned stretch includes another tunnel at Ray’s Hill that is 3532’ long. I’ve ridden both and you definitely need a light, it’s dark in there. The road surface is mostly cracks, weeds, and a lot of penis designs. I think Texas would outlaw this road. PA vandals seem to have a thing for dicks. I didn’t stick around to see why. Ray’s Hill tunnel photo taken in the 1940’s: 2 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted October 10, 2023 Share #8 Posted October 10, 2023 Some of the tunnels took a lot of work to make them safe. The top of the tunnel was falling in on this tunnel near Van, Pa. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share #9 Posted October 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Parsnip Totin Jack said: lot of penis designs. big ones, small ones, skinny ones, fat ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc2000 Posted October 11, 2023 Share #10 Posted October 11, 2023 North Idaho has this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul_Pass_Tunnel https://www.ridethehiawatha.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted October 11, 2023 Share #11 Posted October 11, 2023 Riding through the curved Emlenton tunnel with no bike light was an awful experience. I just kept waiting to hit a rock and go down, but thankfully we all made it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted October 11, 2023 Share #12 Posted October 11, 2023 On 10/9/2023 at 6:39 AM, bikeman564™ said: This is pretty neat-o See Inside the World’s Longest Purpose-Built Cycling Tunnel | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine I am not sure what they mean by all purpose built but I have been in this gravel tunnel several times and it’s longer. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoqualmie_Tunnel 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted October 11, 2023 Share #13 Posted October 11, 2023 3 hours ago, jdc2000 said: North Idaho has this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul_Pass_Tunnel https://www.ridethehiawatha.com/ I’ve been on this too. Snoqualmie has it beat. Good ride though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share #14 Posted October 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Dottleshead said: I am not sure what they mean by all purpose built but I have been in this gravel tunnel several times and it’s longer. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoqualmie_Tunnel Because they built it for bikes, and the tunnel you posted was built for trains, then repurposed for bikes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted October 11, 2023 Share #15 Posted October 11, 2023 6 minutes ago, bikeman564™ said: Because they built it for bikes, and the tunnel you posted was built for trains, then repurposed for bikes That is an interesting way of protecting against a deteriorating ceiling and walls! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted October 11, 2023 Share #16 Posted October 11, 2023 12 hours ago, Ralphie said: Riding through the curved Emlenton tunnel with no bike light was an awful experience. I just kept waiting to hit a rock and go down, but thankfully we all made it. For me, riding with or without a light, but relatively fast heading into a tunnel is always scary as crap as my eyes can't adjust fast enough from bright sunlight to dark enough to need a light. Maybe not super common in the US, but riding in the Alps, going up, you may pass through quite a few short but dark tunnels. Of course, coming down, going 30+, those tunnels are sketchy as heck. Either drastically slow down to be safe, or hold the line and hope there isn't a pothole or rock "hidden" in the darkness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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