January 10, 1975 In West Germany (now part of the Federal Republic of Germany), a vehicular tunnel crossing under the Elbe River in the city of Hamburg was officially opened. Construction on the New Elbe Tunnel — also called Elbtunnel — had begun in 1968. Helmut Schmidt (1918-2015), who served as chancellor of West Germany […]
1975: The Start of Operations for a German Tunnel
Courtesy of Transportation History. This tunnel carries the Motorway 7, the lone inter-European highway connecting Scandinavia with the Mediterranean.
🇩🇪 THE FLENSBURG FILES
THE FLENSBURG FILES 