Panagopoula Tunnel

Panagopoula Tunnel

The east entrance of Panagopoula tunnel (Section 2 - Corinth to Patras)
Overview
Location	Achaea, Greece
Coordinates	38°19′05.3″N 21°58′17.4″E / 38.318139°N 21.971500°E / 38.318139; 21.971500
Status	Operational
Route
Operation
Work begun	2008
Opened	February 2017
Operator	Olympia Odos S.A.
Traffic	automotive
Character	Twin-tube motorway tunnel
Technical
Length	548 m (1,798 ft) + 581 m (1,906 ft) + 4,033 m (13,232 ft) (to Athens) 3,179 m (10,430 ft) (to Patras)
No. of lanes	2x2

The Panagopoula Tunnel (Greek: Σήραγγα Παναγοπούλας) is a tunnel on the Corinth-Patras section of the Olympia Odos motorway. The name comes from the namesake area of Panagopoula. It consists of two separate sections, one which has a length of 4,018 m (Panagopoula 1)^[1] used by vehicles travelling from Athens to Patras, and one which has a length of 3,182 m (Panagopoula 2) used by vehicles travelling from the opposite direction, from Patras to Athens. Works began in 2008 along with the whole motorway, but they were halted in 2011. They were again resumed in early 2014. The 4 Km tunnel is the longest road tunnel of the whole motorway and the third longest in Greece^[2] It was opened to traffic in late February 2017, a month earlier than the rest of the motorway.^[3][4]

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