Aconcagua Bi-Oceanic Corridor

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Mods: Even though the corridor is a rail corridor, I put it in International Highways because it is being developed as a year-round alternative to the current highway over the Cristo Redentor Pass, and it is being designed so that truckers would drive their trucks directly onto the train for the passing through the Andes.  Sort of a quasi-highway; move to "Off-Topic" if I am too far off base.

The Aconcagua Bi-Oceanic Corridor is envisioned as a 204 km railway, with a 52 km base tunnel through the Andes, that would provide a better freight connection between the highway freight corridors of Chile and Argentina.  Here is a link to a video about the project:
http://www.bioceanicoaconcagua.cl/corredorBioceanico/en/videos.html

This article indicates that construction will begin in December 2012:
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n266489

Chile and Argentina will build an interoceanic corridor between the two countries in 2012, project director Eduardo Rodriguez said Friday, Xinhua informed.
The "Aconcagua Bi-Oceanic Corridor" between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans is a passage that includes a 52-km railway tunnel connecting the Chilean city of Los Andes and Mendoza city in Argentina.
Developed by an international consortium headed by Argentine company Corporation America, the project is estimated to need an investment of 3 billion U.S. dollars.
The passage is expected to promote the economic ties between Chile and Argentina, and those between Mercosur (the Common Market of the South) and the Asia-Pacific countries.
The construction of the corridor will only start in December 2012, as some administrative issues are still pending, Rodriguez said...