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Sorry, my Lord
8,8 refers to the number of letters in the words of the answer, not the length of the tunnel.
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Indeed, m'lord, the crafty Japanese have a tunnel connecting Honshu to Hokkaido measuring 33.46 miles, known as Seikan.
Alas this does not correlate to the number of letters indicated.
Hmmm,,tricky question.

catskill aqueduct ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catskill_Aqueduct

No doubt this is the critical question in the quiz.
Is there a much longer tunnel under the Atlantic (8 letters!) to carry cables or something?

Probably just a coincidence but I have been given a quiz which mentions the longest rail tunnel in the world. There are 2 answers required, 6 letters and 8 letters, which are islands. Busby gives the answers above.

i've found articles to say that the Delaware Aqueduct (right number of letters) is still the longest - 136km - but Wiki says Thirlmere (too many letters)

I actually think that it's neither and it's going to be something else - there's the west-east pipeline in China, - 8074 km, the Enbridge Pipleine 2840............blood vessels (are they 'tunnels') are 1000s of miles if laid out........................

still stuck on this one!