For thousands of years, the Alps have been the great barrier ... over its passes on winding mountain highways and through alpine road tunnels primarily designed for holiday traffic in the 1960s.

Have you ever thought of a cycling route or hiking trail that not only goes through two countries ... and France with incredible vistas of the Alps and the Mediterranean sea.

The 270-kilometer rail link includes the construction of a twin-tube tunnel through the Alps between ... decided to limit road transport in the Alps by means of an international treaty signed ...

Truck traffic over the Alps now takes a road full of steep grades and blocked ... will be able to pipe power cheaply to France through the tunnel; snowslides make it impracticable to run high ...

a single track railway tunnel that doubles as a road, is also sometimes used when the pass is closed but often faces heavy traffic. The scenic Mont Cenis pass between the Cottian Alps in France ...