General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Immersed tube tunnel |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road tunnel Railroad (railway) tunnel |
| Structure: |
Immersed tube tunnel |
Location
| Location: |
Eastern, Hong Kong, China |
|---|---|
| Part of: | |
| Location description: |
Crosses underneath Victoria Harbour |
| Coordinates: | 22° 17' 58.48" N 114° 13' 52.45" E |
| Coordinates: | 22° 17' 21.08" N 114° 12' 43.33" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 2.25 km | |
| length of immersed tube tunnel section | 1 860 m | |
| tunnel unit width | 35.45 m | |
| tunnel unit height | 9.75 m | |
| number of tunnel units | 15 |
Materials
| tunnel structure |
reinforced concrete
|
|---|
Chronology
| 1984 | Pre-emptive study issued. |
|---|---|
| 1985 | Call for bids by Hong Kong Government. |
| 1985 | Franchise for construction and operation of tunnel awarded to The New Tunnel Company. |
| 1989 | Completion of construction. |
Participants
Owner
Client
Design
Wind tunnel testing
Contractor
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1992): Review of the design and construction of the Eastern Harbour Crossing Hong Kong and the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, Sydney, Australia. Presented at: IIR Seminar on Tunnels & Tunnelling, Hong Kong 06/1992.
- (2006): Risk management of SSDS stage I Tunnel B – tunnelling under the eastern harbour crossing tunnel in Hong Kong. In: Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, v. 21, n. 3-4 (May 2006), pp. 358.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20008187 - Published on:
13/02/2003 - Last updated on:
11/03/2016
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