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...Italian formalities are handled in a single customs office, and drivers pay the fares, ranging from 90? for a motorbike to $18 for a bus. The neon-lit tunnel, 14 ft. 9 in. high, rides over a pipeline that brings oil from Genoa to a Swiss refinery at Collombey. The new St. Bernard, which will be formally inaugurated by the presidents of Italy and Switzerland in June, is the world's longest auto tunnel. But not for long. The Mt. Blanc tunnel of over seven miles from France to Italy will surpass it when it opens for business next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe: Easier than Hannibal | 3/27/1964 | See Source »

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