雪山隧道 (Hsuehshan Tunnel) is the longest road tunnel in Taiwan, second longest in Asia and fifth longest in the world (though it was once upon a time the longest road tunnel in Asia). The length of the East-bound tunnel (Toucheng bound) is 12,917 m with the theoretical speed limit within the tunnel between 60 and 90 km/hr. It is on National Highway No. 5 or the Chiang Wei-shui Memorial Freeway (蔣渭水高速公路).
For the trip we took to get to Toucheng on April 4th, 2013, we entered the tunnel at 11:44 AM and exited it at 12:04 AM as a result of the Tomb Sweeping Day rush. It took us 20 minutes to move through the 12,917 m tunnel... meaning at the speed of, on average, less than 38+- km/hr... though a lot of times, we were under 1 km/hr. Were they to issue tickets on cars moving between 50 km/hr... the government surely would have gotten mucho rich that day... lol
According to my dad, who has taken this route many a time, this was the slowest trip he had every taken through the tunnel. So... some kind of record-breaking... I guess? 8-O lol
However slow a trip might be... and however the jamming traffic might have gotten us annoyed. I did get to see the light at the end of the tunnel...
4/4/2013
For the trip we took to get to Toucheng on April 4th, 2013, we entered the tunnel at 11:44 AM and exited it at 12:04 AM as a result of the Tomb Sweeping Day rush. It took us 20 minutes to move through the 12,917 m tunnel... meaning at the speed of, on average, less than 38+- km/hr... though a lot of times, we were under 1 km/hr. Were they to issue tickets on cars moving between 50 km/hr... the government surely would have gotten mucho rich that day... lol
According to my dad, who has taken this route many a time, this was the slowest trip he had every taken through the tunnel. So... some kind of record-breaking... I guess? 8-O lol
However slow a trip might be... and however the jamming traffic might have gotten us annoyed. I did get to see the light at the end of the tunnel...
4/4/2013
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