General Information
Name in local language: | Tingstadstunneln |
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Beginning of works: | 7 January 1961 |
Completion: | 29 March 1968 |
Status: | in use |
Project Type
Structure: |
Immersed tube tunnel |
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Function / usage: |
Road tunnel |
Construction method: |
Immersed tube method |
Location
Location: |
Gothenborg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden |
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Coordinates: | 57° 43' 26.43" N 11° 59' 0.94" E |
Coordinates: | 57° 43' 12.96" N 11° 59' 22.26" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
length | 454 m | |
number of lanes | 2 x 3 | |
number of tubes | 2 |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Tingstadstunneln (Tingstad Tunnel) is a motorway tunnel under the Göta älv, connecting Hisingen with mainland Gothenburg. The tunnel was constructed with two parallel immersed tubes with three lanes of traffic in each tube. It is part of the E6 route linking Norway with south-west Sweden.
Construction started on 17 January 1961, and the tunnel was inaugurated at 11:30 am on 29 March 1968.
The tunnel has the lowest motorway elevation in Sweden, at 15 m (49 ft) below sea level (nearby Götatunneln is lower and designed like a motorway but not signposted as one).
The tunnel has severe traffic congestion problems since several years, so therefore a new tunnel is built a little farther north, Marieholmstunneln, to be opened in 2020.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Tingstadstunneln" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
Participants
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Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- El túnel Tingstad - Gotemburgo – Suecia. In: Informes de la Construcción, v. 27, n. 260 (May 1974), pp. 53-58.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20074094 - Published on:
27/10/2017 - Last updated on:
03/09/2024