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Depends on how strong the tunnel is. Assuming your taking 3/4 atmospheric difference your starting at ~11 pounds per square inch add in a 3-5x safety factor and that tunnel would be one tough son of a bitch.

Not to mention it's got to be really close to a strait track so your more dealing with scraping forces than a direct strike.




Does the minimum bending radius of the tube match the centerline of the highway? If not that might be a real problem.


Hyperloop proposal contains detailed map of the whole route. Sometimes it follows the highway, other times it deviates from it.




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