Elbe Tunnel

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Elbe tunnel refers to a tunnel under the river Elbe. Currently two Elbe tunnels exist, both located in Hamburg, Germany, with additional tunnels planned or proposed in other locations. Without additional qualifiers, "Elbe Tunnel" (German: Elbtunnel) currently most commonly refers to the four-tube Bundesautobahn 7 tunnel in Hamburg, Germany.

Elbe tunnels in Germany:

• The "old" Elbe tunnel (German: Alter Elbtunnel, officially St. Pauli Elbtunnel), opened 1911 in Hamburg to connect St. Pauli and Steinwerder.
• The "new" Elbe tunnel (German: Neuer Elbtunnel or simply Elbtunnel), opened 1975 in Hamburg as part of the Bundesautobahn 7 to connect Othmarschen and Waltershof.
• The Elbe tunnel Glückstadt is a new tunnel project to connect the Bundesautobahn 20 in Schleswig-Holstein with the planned Bundesautobahn 22 in Niedersachsen. Construction for the 5.2 km long tunnel could begin in 2010 and be finished by 2015.^[1]
• The Elbe tunnel Dresden (also referred to as Waldschlößchentunnel) is an initiative by citizens of Dresden proposing a tunnel as an alternative to the planned new bridge Waldschlößchenbrücke over the Elbe in the old city.^[2] The bridge-building plans have been criticized as they jeopardize the status of the Dresden Elbe Valley as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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