They mean not underwater, but couldn't they just have said "land 
tunnel" rather than "overland tunnel"?  Lots of tunnels go through 
mountains.

--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Excerpted from
> 
> http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=82&sid=1167905
> 
> "officials Friday inaugurated the world's longest overland tunnel, a 
> 34.6-kilometer-long (21-mile-long) rail link under the Alps meant to 
> ease highway traffic jams in the mountainous country"
> 
> Overland tunnel?  Like an underground bridge?
> 
> Regards,
> Tony
>


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