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Guanajuato's Tunnels 
Guanajuato has a system, more like a labyrinth, of tunnels that make possible vehicular circulation below the ground connecting various parts of the city. Above ground are a few thoroughfares, usually one lane, one way streets, and a maze of callejones, which are narrow pedestrian passageways that connect houses and buildings to the precious few thoroughfares.
The picture on the right is actually not exactly a tunnel, but rather the Subterania Hidalgo, which is a subsurface roadway built on an old riverbed, the river having been diverted into a large tube after a disastrous flood in 1905. A number of tunnels connect the Subterania with other tunnels and parts of the city. |
Every year the city continues to build more tunnels. The picture on the left is the Aguilar Tunnel that bypasses El Centro .
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