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| Overview | |
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| Official name | Guillermo Gaviria Echeverri Tunnel |
| Location | Antioquia, Colombia |
| Coordinates |
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| Status | Under construction |
| Crosses | Alto del Toyo |
| Start | Giraldo |
| End | Cañasgordas |
| Operation | |
| Opens | 2027; 2 years' time (2027) |
| Character | Road |
| Technical | |
| Length | 9.73 km (6.0 mi) |
| Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) |
The Toyo Tunnel (officially the Guillermo Gaviria Echeverri Tunnel) is a road tunnel in Antioquia, Colombia between Giraldo and Cañasgordas that is currently under construction. Excavation of the tunnel began in mid-2018, and was finished in October 2023. Roads to and from the tunnel are being built by the government of Antioquia, and the tunnel is projected to open in 2027.
The Toyo Tunnel crosses the alto del Toyo, a part of the Cordillera Occidental, the most westerly of the three branches of the Andes mountain range in Colombia. At 9.73 km, it will be the longest road tunnel in the Americas when it opens.
History
The Toyo Tunnel was first proposed in 2002, as part of the Nueva Vía al Mar project. The plans were finalised at the 2007 and 2010 Andean Tunnel Seminars (Spanish: Seminarios Andino de Túneles). The construction plan split the project into two sections, the first being built by the government of Antioquia and including the Toyo Tunnel, and the second being built by Invías, the road construction agency of the Colombian national government. Both sections were originally projected to be complete by 2026.
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The tunnel is officially named for Colombian engineer Guillermo Gaviria Echeverri [es], father of Guillermo Gaviria Correa, Aníbal Gaviria, and Sofía Gaviria [es]; he had the idea of tunnel under the alto del Toyo in 1980.
Excavation of the tunnel began in mid-2018, and was finished on 6 October 2023. In November 2023 Invías reported that section 2 of the project was 45% complete, and that they had only budget enough to work until the following Spring; the government of Gustavo Petro then decided not to allocate more budget to the project. The contract for section 2 was ceded to the government of Antioquia in January 2025, and work restarted on 13 January. At that point, section 1 was reported as 96% complete, and section 2 as 57% complete.
The Toyo Tunnel is projected to open in 2027.
Purpose
The tunnel will allow travel between Medellín and Urabá in 4+1⁄2 hours. One benefit of this will be a shorter connection between the Puerto Antioquia [es] (projected to open in 2025) and Medellín.
References
- ^ Juan Diego Ortiz Jiménez (2022-08-20), "El Toyo, a solo 1,5 km de terminar su excavación: así es la obra a 800 metros bajo tierra" [El Toyo, just 1.5 km from completion of its excavation: this is what it looks like 800 metres underground], El Colombiano (in Spanish), retrieved 2025-01-14
- ^ Luz María Sierra (2023-11-25), "¿El túnel del Toyo se convertirá en el elefante blanco más grande?" [Will the Toyo tunnel become the biggest white elephant?], El Colombiano (in Spanish), retrieved 2025-01-14
- ^ David Alejandro Mercado (2015-05-25), "Así será el Túnel del Toyo: el más largo y costoso que hará el país" [This is what the Toyo Tunnel will be like: the longest and most expensive tunnel the country will build.], El Tiempo (in Spanish), retrieved 2025-01-14
- David Alejandro Mercado (2024-10-05), "Un recorrido por las entrañas del Túnel del Toyo, el más largo del país que lleva un año excavado y que no ha podido utilizarse" [A tour through the bowels of the Toyo Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the country, which has been excavated for a year and has not been able to be used], El Tiempo (in Spanish), retrieved 2025-01-14
- David Alejandro Mercado (2023-10-06), "¡Luz al final del camino!: Antioquia culmina excavación del túnel más largo de Colombia" [Light at the end of the road: Antioquia completes excavation of Colombia's longest tunnel], El Tiempo (in Spanish), retrieved 2025-01-14
- ^ Jacobo Betancur Peláez (2025-01-13), "Antioquia reinició obras del tramo del Túnel del Toyo que cedió el gobierno Petro" [Antioquia restarted work on the Toyo Tunnel section ceded by the Petro government], El Colombiano (in Spanish), retrieved 2025-01-14
- Jhoan Pardo (2025-01-14), "Tramo del Túnel del Toyo que cedió el Gobierno Petro a Antioquia ya reactivó sus obras: estaría listo y operando en 2027" [Section of the Toyo Tunnel that the Petro government gave to Antioquia has already reactivated its works: will be operating by 2027], Infobae (in Spanish), retrieved 2025-01-14