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Simplon is the name of a region in the Alps. It can refer specifically to: Simplon Pass and Tunnel; Simplon (département), a former French département corresponding with modern ...
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Simplon (sĭm`plŏn), pass, 6,590 ft (2,009 m) high, in the Lepontine Alps, Valais canton, S Switzerland. It is crossed by the . Simplon Road built (1800–1806) by Napoleon I.

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Simplon, name applied to an alpine pass (2,009 m/6,591 ft high), road, and deep railway tunnel (705 m/2,313 ft high) linking Switzerland and Italy. The road, extending through the pass from Brig, Switzerland, to Domodossola, Italy, was built by the French from 1800 to 1806. It passes across 611 bridges. The construction of the Simplon Tunnel, which is 19.8 km (12.4 mi) long and connects Brig and Iselle, Italy, by rail, was begun in 1898 and completed in 1906. A second parallel track was completed in 1922.