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On 31st
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The 6 lane twin tube tunnels will have length of almost 1 kilometer, left tube 955 m (3,133 ft) and right tube 944 m (3,097 ft), while the width and height would be 14 and 10 metres (46 and 33 ft), respectively. The tunnels would be located in a gap of 20 metres
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Kuthiran Bridge. In October 2020, a Gridlock happened after an accident causing long queues extending to kilometers on both sides, and traffic resumed only in the evening after temporarily opening the under construction tunnel.
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The works on tunnel took more than a decade to complete due to geological and administrative challenges. The project was awarded in 2009 but the work on the tunnel only began in 2016.
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Coimbatore, Salem, Chennai and Bengaluru. It was the missing link that was planned to be constructed when the Highway was designed.
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by 3 kilometres (1.86 mi) but travel time got reduced by hours since there used to be traffic jams caused by heavy vehicles trying to traverse through the hills.
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743:"Kuthiran Tunnel Opening: Big news for Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka! One side of tunnel to be OPENED for public today, says Nitin Gadkari | WATCH video"
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announced the opening of one of the twin tube tunnels through the social platform
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848:"Why Kuthiran drives fear into motorists today"
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