The tunnel is long, while the western, service tube is . Roadway is wide. Tunnel is carrying
D76 state road. It passes through Biokovo between the
Bast in the municipality of
Baška Voda (south side) and
Rastovac in the municipality of
Zagvozd (north side). It is named after
the peak of the same name under which it is located. It is the fourth longest tunnel in
Croatia, but first in Europe by overburden of (height from tube to the ground) in
Karst massif. Not far from the tunnel in the area of Turija, during
Napoleon's reign in 1809, a commemorative plaque was placed on the occasion of the completion of the construction of the road that stretched from
Obrovac to
Boka Kotorska, the so-called French Road. Two hundred years later, the tunnel was built as part of the modern road links between the Dalmatian hinterland and the coast. The highest altitude of is approximately halfway through the tunnel. It was opened on July 8, 2013. From 2018, tunnel is not tolled. Comparison with other tunnels: • the highest overlay of the
Sveti Rok tunnel is 580 m; • the highest overlay of the
Karawanks Tunnel tunnel is 1120 m. == References ==