La Línea (tunnel)

La Línea (English: The Line) is a highway tunnel between the cities of Calarcá, Quindío and Cajamarca, Tolima in Colombia.

[5] Construction work started in December 2008 in head of Union Temporal Segundo Centenario led by Carlos Collins and was originally expected to finish in 2016.

[7] The tunnel was finally opened on 4 September 2020, after 14 years of construction work, at a total cost of around 1 trillion pesos (US$270 million).

[8] Some of the benefits include lower operation costs for transportation, shorter travel time and reduction in the number of accidents.

This section is also currently one of the stretches in the country most prone to accidents (four times the national average) due to its geography and climate.