Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel
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The Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel is a 1.63-kilometre-long (1.01 mi) car tunnel under the Suez Canal at Shallufa. The tunnel is named after Ahmed Hamdi, an Egyptian engineer and general killed in action during the Yom Kippur War. It has two lanes of traffic, one in each direction, and it connects the Asian Sinai Peninsula to the town of Suez on the African mainland.
1981
Wikimedia, Wikidata
length: 1640 metre,
Q79, 
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Location: 30.0925, 32.5711, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel ⓘ
tunnel in Egypt
1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
1981 Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel
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USS America (CV-66) in the Suez canal 1981
Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel - West entryAhmed Hamdi Tunnel - West entry| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| site | tunnel | 1981 | Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel | road tunnel, undersea tunnel | Wikidata |
| commons | image | USS America (CV-66) in the Suez canal 1981 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel - West entry | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel - West entry | Commons | ||
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