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General Information

Completion: 1980
Status: in use

Project Type

Structure: Tunnel
Function / usage: Road tunnel

Location

Location: ,
Underneath of:
  • Suez Canal
Coordinates: 30° 5' 44.59" N    32° 33' 40.86" E
Coordinates: 30° 5' 8.56" N    32° 34' 31.96" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

tunnel length 1 500 m

Chronology

1992

Leaks in the tunnel due to the aggressiveness of the salt water in the canal, the tunnel is repaired while being kept open for traffic.

Notes

First direct road link between the African continent and the Sinai peninsula.

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel is a 1640 metre long car tunnel under the Suez Canal, at Shallufa. The tunnel is named after Ahmed Hamdi, an Egyptian engineer and general killed in action during the Yom Kippur War. It has two lanes of traffic, one in each direction, and connects the Asian Sinai Peninsula to the town of Suez on the African mainland.

Construction

It was originally constructed as a shield tunnel by Tarmac Construction in November 1981. In 1992, the Japanese government granted aid to a project aimed at rehabilitating the tunnel which had developed leaks. It is 1.63 km long and has an outside diameter of 11.6 m. The tunnel reaches a maximum depth of 51 m (167 feet) below ground level.

Significant developments in the region

The tunnel was part of a major drive to develop the areas surrounding the Suez Canal, including other projects such as the Suez Canal overhead line crossing (completed in 1998), the El Ferdan Railway Bridge, and the Suez Canal Bridge (completed in 2001).

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Participants

Repairs (1992)
Contractor

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20013519
  • Published on:
    27/09/2004
  • Last updated on:
    28/05/2021
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