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Boring Company Tunnel (Las Vegas Loop)

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Boring Company Tunnel (Las Vegas Loop)

Elon Musk's answer to traffic: just go underground/Engineering Marvels

The Las Vegas Convention Center Loop is a 2.7 km underground transportation system consisting of twin tunnels with an interior diameter of 3.7 meters. Tesla vehicles carry passengers through the tunnels at up to 56 km/h. The tunnels were bored at a cost significantly lower than typical subway construction, though they also carry far fewer passengers per hour.

Measurements

Total tunnel length2,700 m
45,000Thumb lengths
3.1 tenthsMount Everest heights
540SUV lengths

2.7 km

Tunnel interior diameter3.7 m
41.1French fry lengths
1.12African elephant heights
2,434Stacked pennies
Vehicle speed15.6 m/s
1.39City buses
13 billionFingernail growths
223Box turtles

About 56 km/h

Tunnel cross-section10.8 m^2
19.5 millionthsGolf courses
29.1Cornhole boards
67.2Pizza box tops
Depth below surface12 m
353 millionthsEnglish Channel crossings
73.6iPhone Pro Maxes

Approximate

Transit time120 s
1.3 hundredthsTitanic sinkings
4.4 hundredthsOil changes
6.7 hundredthsPizza deliveries

About 2 minutes

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