Vrmac Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel in southern Montenegro

Montenegro

Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

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The tunnel, which is 1,637 m long, connects town of Kotor

Kotor

Kotor is a coastal city in Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Gulf of Kotor. The city has a population of 13,510 and is the administrative center of the municipality....

 with Adriatic Motorway

Adriatic Motorway

The Adriatic Highway is a road that stretches along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea and is part of the European route E65. The road passes principally through Croatia, with smaller stretches through Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro...

 and the rest of Montenegro. It passes under the Mount Vrmac

Vrmac

Vrmac is a mountain in southern Montenegro.It is an extension of Mount Lovćen, and is 710 m high. It is located north of town of Tivat, and encloses town of Kotor from the south. Vrmac Tunnel, which connects Kotor with the rest of Montenegro, goes through the mountain....

, thus eliminating the need to via the old curvy road that passes over the mount.

The tunnel was half-finished in 1991, but was then opened to the public use as it was, because of the lack of funding to finish it. In 2004 works began to finish the tunnel, and to bring it up to Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

an standards. The construction works, undertaken by Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n company Strabag

Strabag

Strabag is a European construction company based in Villach, with its headquarters in Vienna, Austria). It is the largest construction company in Austria and one of the largest construction companies in Europe...

, were finished early in 2007, and the tunnel is now equipped with contemporary lighting, ventilation and security systems.