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The first tunnel was built so cars could avoid eye contact with mountains. Engineering is mostly avoidance.

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Tunnels are built to pass through mountains and other obstacles more directly. Tunneling is an engineering solution for shorter routes, not a way to avoid eye contact with mountains.

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