Collapsed tunnel fully reopens

Collapsed tunnel fully reopens

OTSUKI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopters shows the Sasago Tunnel, a twin-bore tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, becoming fully operational on Feb. 8, 2013, after a 68-day hiatus following a collapse of its ceiling in December 2012, killing nine.

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