The Klavže Tunnel

The Klavže Tunnel is 170 meters long, of which the first 13 meters on the northern side are merely an extension. Its special feature is the main road above it, running through the Bača Valley. The two transport connections cross each other first at the tunnel entrance and then at its exit before the Podmelec railway station. Above the railway tunnel there is also a small road tunnel, which the builders cut into solid rock.

The section of the road between Bača pri Modreju and Kneža was built in 1903, right before major construction started on the railroad line. The main construction work on the Klavže Tunnel, the stone viaduct at its entrance, and the steel bridge at its exit was carried out between 1904 and the end of 1905.

The plan of the railroad line before the northern entrance of the Klavze Tunnel.

Construction of northern entrance to the 170-meter-long Klavze Tunnel, May 1905.

Construction of the bridge in front of the tunnel's northern entrance, March 1904.

Right above the railroad tunnel there is a road tunnel cut into solid rock.

A view of the completed northern entrance to the tunnel, August 1905.

Wooden structure used to build the steel bridge at the exit from the Klavze Tunnel.

At the exit from the Klavze Tunnel the railroad line crosses a bridge over the Baca River.

Construction of southern entrance of the Klavze Tunnel.

Wooden structure for the steel bridge at the exit from the Klavze Tunnel.

A picturesque railway crossover not far from northern entrance of the Klavze Tunnel.

Northern entrance of the Klavze Tunnel today.

Steel bridge at the exit from the Klavze Tunnel before the Podmelec railway station.

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