What is La Línea?
Q: What is La Línea?
A: La Línea is a highway tunnel that connects the cities of Calarcá, Quindío and Cajamarca, Tolima in Colombia.
Q: Where is La Línea located?
A: La Línea is located in the central range of the Andes mountains.
Q: How long is La Línea?
A: La Línea is the longest road tunnel in Latin America and the Americas, with a total length of 8,652 metres (28,386 ft).
Q: Where are La Línea's western and eastern entrances located?
A: The western entrance of La Línea is 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of the city of Armenia, at 2,420 metres (7,940 ft) above msl. The eastern entrance is 37.8 kilometres (23.5 mi) west of Ibagué, at 2,505 metres (8,219 ft) above msl.
Q: When did the construction of La Línea's pilot tunnel begin?
A: The construction of the pilot tunnel for La Línea began on 30 September 2004.
Q: When was La Línea finally opened?
A: La Línea was finally opened on 4 September 2020, after 14 years of construction work.
Q: How much did the construction of La Línea cost?
A: The construction of La Línea cost around 2.9 trillion pesos (US$870 million).
