General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Immersed tube tunnel |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road tunnel |
| Construction method: |
Immersed tube method |
Location
| Location: |
Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong, China Central and Western, Hong Kong, China |
|---|---|
| For: |
|
| Near: |
Western Harbour Rail Tunnel (1997)
|
| Location description: |
Crosses Victoria Harbour |
| Coordinates: | 22° 18' 4.05" N 114° 9' 24.13" E |
| Coordinates: | 22° 17' 21.74" N 114° 8' 36" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 2.2 km | |
| length of immersed tube tunnel section | 1 360 m | |
| tunnel unit width | 33.4 m | |
| tunnel unit height | 8.57 m | |
| number of tunnel units | 12 |
Quantities
| volume of extracted material | 950 000 m³ |
Materials
| tunnel structure |
reinforced concrete
|
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Chronology
| 1991 | Feasibility study. |
|---|---|
| 1992 | Invitation to tender. |
| 1993 | Construction begins. |
| April 1997 | Opened to traffic. |
Participants
Owner
Concessionaire
Design
Co-contractor
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): The design of the Western Harbour Crossing Hong Kong. Presented at: 2nd International Conference on Immersed Tube Techniques, Cork, Ireland, 04/1997.
- (1998): The design of the Western Harbour Crossing, Hong Kong. Presented at: IABSE Colloquium: Tunnel structures, Stockholm, Sweden, June 1998, pp. 203.
- (1997): The design of the Western Harbour Crossing, Hong Kong. Presented at: Immersed Tunnel Techniques 2, Cork, Ireland, 23-24 April 1997, pp. 213-223.
- (1998): The design of the Western Immersed Tube Tunnel, Hong Kong. Presented at: IABSE Colloquium: Tunnel structures, Stockholm, Sweden, June 1998, pp. 209.
- (1997): Geotechnical Aspects of design and construction of the Western Harbour Crossing in Hong Kong. Presented at: Immersed Tunnel Techniques 2, Cork, Ireland, 23-24 April 1997, pp. 28-40.
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20004138 - Published on:
04/07/2002 - Last updated on:
28/05/2021
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