Belchen Tunnel

{{Short description|Tunnel in Switzerland}}

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|name = Belchen Tunnel

|image = Eptingen, Switzerland - panoramio.jpg

|image_size = 300px

|caption = North portal on A2 motorway heading south (2014)

|location = Basel-Country/Solothurn, Switzerland

|coordinates = {{coord|47|22|2|N|7|49|28|E|region:CH_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

|route = A2 motorway

|status = Active

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|opened = 1966

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|character = road

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|length = {{convert|3180|m}}

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The Belchen Tunnel is a motorway tunnel in Switzerland, and forms part of the A2 motorway from Basel to Chiasso. It links Eptingen in the canton of Basel-Country with Hägendorf in the Canton of Solothurn. The tunnel was opened in 1966, and is {{convert|3180|m}} long.{{cite web | url = http://structurae.net/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0043241 | title = Belchen Tunnel | work = structurae.net | accessdate = 2014-07-18}}