General Information
| Official designation: | 5315/06 |
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| Beginning of works: | 1998 |
| Completion: | 5 July 2003 |
| Duration of works: | 57 months |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Tunnel |
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| Function / usage: |
Road tunnel |
Location
| Location: |
Zella-Mehlis, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany Gräfenroda, Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany |
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| For: |
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| Part of: | |
| Coordinates: | 50° 40' 9.50" N 10° 41' 21.01" E |
| Coordinates: | 50° 42' 44.65" N 10° 46' 35.64" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| tunnel section area | 76 - 94 m² | |
| on-axis distance between tubes | 25 m | |
| crossing tubes | number | 25 |
| spacing | ca. 300 m | |
| eastern tube | length | 7 878 m |
| tube | diameter | 7.5 m |
| roadway / carriageway width | 1 m + 2 x 3.75 m + 1 m = 9.50 m | |
| western tube | length | 7 916 m |
Quantities
| concrete volume | 300 000 m³ | |
| excavated material | 1 350 000 m³ |
Cost
| cost of construction | ca. Euro 201 000 000 |
Chronology
| 5 July 2003 | Inaugurated by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. |
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| 7 July 2003 | Opened to traffic. |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Rennsteig Tunnel (German: Rennsteigtunnel) is the longest road tunnel in Germany with a length of 7,878 meters (4.919 mi).
The Rennsteig Tunnel is part of the motorway Autobahn A 71 between Gräfenroda and Oberhof in Thuringia. It is also called the Christiane Tunnel for its "godmother" Christiane Herzog, wife of the former German President Roman Herzog.
The tunnel was built between 26 June 1998 and 5 July 2003, when it was opened by German chancellor Gerhard Schröder.
It was part of the traffic project German unity ("Verkehrsprojekt Deutsche Einheit") and cost 210 million euros.
The German automobile club ADAC voted the Rennsteig Tunnel in 2004 as Europe's safest tunnel.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Rennsteig Tunnel" and modified on February 10, 2023 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
- Ralf Schüler (architectural consultant)
- Ursulina Schüler-Witte (architectural consultant)
- Bernhard Maidl (checking engineer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2003): Betriebstechnische Ausrüstung des Rennsteigtunnels. Technical Furnishes for the Rennsteig Tunnel. In: tunnel, v. 22, n. 2 ( 2003).
- Brücken und Tunnel der Bundesfernstraßen 2004. Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Berlin (Germany), 2004, pp. 141-166.
- (2000): Planung und Bau der Bundesautobahn A 71 Erfurt-Schweinfurt/A 73 Suhl-Lichtenfels durch den Thüringer Wald - Verkehrsprojekt Deutsche Einheit Nr. 16. In: Straße + Autobahn, n. 5 ( 2000), pp. 285-293.
- (2003): Rennsteig: un tunnel chiamato Christiane. In: Strade e Autostrade, v. 7, n. 38 (March 2003), pp. 68.
- (2000): Rennsteigtunnel. In: Felsbau, v. 18, n. 6 ( 2000), pp. 56.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000839 - Published on:
20/07/2000 - Last updated on:
07/02/2023
