Margecany tunnel
Tunnel in Slovakia
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The Margecany Tunnel (Slovak: Margeciansky tunel; also known as Rolovsky tunnel)[1] is a tunnel located in the Hornád valley near the village of Margecany. It was originally built as a railway tunnel. It is currently an illuminated road tunnel and is served by a local purpose-built road.
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| Other name | Margeciansky tunel |
| Location | Margecany, Košice Region, Slovakia |
| Coordinates | 48.8845°N 21.0494°E |
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| Length | 431 m |
History
The tunnel was built between 1867 and 1872 as part of the construction of the Košice-Bohumín Railway as part of the most important railway line in northern Hungary.[2][3] It served the railways until 1955, when the new Bujanovský Tunnel was put into operation.[4][5] Since 1985, it has been registered as a technical monument in the Central List of Monuments of the Slovak Republic.[6] In 2018, the municipality of Margecany implemented the project "Margecany Tunnel, Open Gallery".[3][7]
Description
The Margecian railway tunnel is 431 m long. It was dug in the hard rock of the Čierna Hora mountain range, and therefore almost half of its length consists of only processed rocks.[4][8] The tunnel has two modified portals in the shape of a parabolic arch, a parabolic tunnel tube. The walled parts of the tunnel tube and the portals have a parabolic arch shape typical of tunnels.[6] The material of the masonry blocks is mainly travertine. The road has a concrete base and is covered with asphalt. Since 2018, electric lighting has been installed in the tunnel along its entire length.[2]
