Swiss celebrate tunnel record

Swiss engineers today smashed through the last stretch of rock to create the longest tunnel in the world.

Swiss engineers today smashed through the last stretch of rock to create the longest tunnel in the world.

A gigantic drilling machine broke the remaining wall 8,200 feet (2,500 metres) below the imposing Piz Vatgira peak in the Gotthard massif several minutes ahead of schedule.

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