Klausenpass - Fruttwald Tunnel (Intro)

            This series of photos shows a new tunnel from 1995 and the abandoned road. The Klausen Pass road was opened in 1900. The construction of this tunnel did not succeed at the first attempt. In 1986 the government wanted to make the pass road, which had never been renovated since 1900, safer on this section by building a new tunnel. The project was rejected at the cantonal assembly. Residents feared an increase in traffic. At the cantonal assembly of May 5, 1991, there was a new attempt to make a tunnel palatable to the residents. It was argued again. One group only wanted to secure the section with two old tunnels with a gallery. Even the width of a new tunnel was disputed, whether 6 or 7 m. But eventually the project won majority support and the tunnel was built. The opening was in 1995. The protocol of that cantonal assembly is the only known thing about it. Not even the length is known. When you drive into this tunnel for the first time you don't know how long it is. The length of 460 m without the 42 m long gallery in the north I measured myself. The name is also almost a secret. It can only be found on a special survey map (OpenData-AV). The tunnel has no safety devices. No SOS telephones or fire extinguishers, just a light and an occasional a socket. The niches on one side are not designed as emergency bays. They are too small and the curb is continuous. The tunnel is also accessible for pedestrians. In the protection gallery on the north side is the power station's access tunnel to a pressure pipe and a surge chamber. This photo shows the portal on the south side down to Linthal. The old road ran from the left across this new road into a tunnel on the right. Switzerland, August 3, 2023. (1/24)
   

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Taken in: Switzerland / Glarus / Glarus Süd / Unter Stafel (show map)

Taken on: August 3, 2023

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