Tunnel Punta Olimpica

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{{Infobox tunnel

|name = Punta Olimpica Tunnel

|image = Túnel Punta Olimpica2.jpg

|caption = Chacas side entrance

|line = Route AN-107

|location = Cordillera Blanca, Andes

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|system =

|status = operating

|start = Quebrada Ulta (4732 m)

|end = Lagoon Belaúnde (4680 m)

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|startwork = 15 may 2012

|opened = August 2013

|close =

|owner = Gobierno Regional de Áncash

|operator = Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones

|traffic = Vehicle

|character =

|construction = Odebrecht

|length = 1384 m

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|notrack = 1 (two-way)

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|speed = up to {{convert|40|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}

|hielevation = {{convert|4732|m|ft|abbr=on}}

|lowelevation = {{convert|4680|m|ft|abbr=on}}

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The Punta Olimpica Tunnel is a vehicular transportation tunnel through high mountains, connecting the Callejón de Huaylas and Conchucos valleys of the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in Peru. The tunnel is intended to ease traffic on Route AN-107, one of the cross roads in the Ancash region linking the cities of Carhuaz, San Luis and Chacas a distance of 100 km.

With a length of {{convert|1,384|m|mi|abbr=off|sp=us}}, is the longest vehicular tunnel of Peru and the highest in the world, located at {{convert|4,735|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} above sea level.{{cite news|title=Peru: Bau des weltweit höchsten Tunnels abgeschlossen|url=http://latina-press.com/news/154129-peru-bau-des-weltweit-hoechsten-tunnels-abgeschlossen/|accessdate=2 December 2013}} Its drilling began on May 15, 2012, and ended on February 24, 2013. It opened in August 2013 in conjunction with Route AN-107.