Mexico City tunnel link open to traffic

The new Mixcoac-Insurgentes twin tube tunnel in Mexico City has now been opened officially. The link joins with the Circuito Interior highway and is untolled. Also included in the project to build the tunnel was the construction of a roundabout between Insurgentes and Mixcoac avenues. With the new tunnel open, the city authorities hope that this will help reduce the chronic congestion that occurs daily at peak periods. Construction of the tunnel has taken two years to complete.
September 7, 2017 Read time: 1 min

The new Mixcoac-Insurgentes twin tube tunnel in Mexico City has now been opened officially. The link joins with the Circuito Interior highway and is untolled. Also included in the project to build the tunnel was the construction of a roundabout between Insurgentes and Mixcoac avenues. With the new tunnel open, the city authorities hope that this will help reduce the chronic congestion that occurs daily at peak periods. Construction of the tunnel has taken two years to complete.

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