The most frequented arterial road in Southern Germany is the Autobahn 8 between Stuttgart and Munich. Built in the 30s of last century, for decades the highway faced a segment what Germans would call "Nadelöhr", eye of a needle: a two-lane strong grade of the street, starting near the village of Gruibingen. For the last years, this area was a permanent construction site for a four-lane noise protection dam; years of noise, dirt and traffic jams for everybody. Now, that the tunnel is almost finished, the people of Gruibingen wanted to check it out. We, too.
