San Bernardino Pass in Switzerland
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San Bernardino Pass (
Italian : Passo del San Bernardino,
German : Bernhardinpass, 2,066 metres (6,778 ft)) is a high
mountain pass in the
Swiss Alps connecting the
Hinterrhein and the
Mesolcina (Misox) valleys between
Thusis (
canton of Graubünden ) and
Bellinzona (
canton of Ticino ). Located in the far eastern side of the Western
Alps it is not to be confused with the
Great St Bernard Pass and the
Little St Bernard Pass . The top of the pass represents both the Italo-German language frontier and the
watershed (drainage divide) between the
Po basin and the
Rhine basin .
Marscholsee is within the pass at an elevation of 2,053 m (6,736 ft).
The route first became important as a mule track in the fifteenth century when the route between Thusis and Splügen was known as the Via Mala . A road for wheeled vehicles was opened in 1770; this road was significantly improved between 1821 and 1823, financed in part by the Kingdom of Sardinia , keen to improve a trade route connecting Genoa and Piedmont to the Graubünden that was not directly controlled by Austria .
Air ventilation for the San Bernardino Tunnel © panoramio.com - Wa18/cc-by-3.0
Traffic flow was much facilitated when in 1967, the
San Bernardino road tunnel was completed: since then vehicle traffic on the pass has been reduced, benefiting those taking the time to avoid the tunnel. The pass road is only open from May to November.
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