UNDERWATER TUNNEL IN ARGENTINA AS A ROAD LINK BETWEEN SANTA FE AND PARANA

THE 2400 M LONG TUNNEL CONSISTS OF 36 TUBES EACH 65.45 M IN LENGTH, AND HAVING AN INTERNAL DIAMETER OF 9.20 M AND A WALL THICKNESS OF 0.5 M. THE TUBES CONTAIN THE 7.5 M WIDE CARRIAGEWAY AND THE VENTILATION CHANNELS. DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF THE FLOATING INTO PLACE OF THE TUNNEL SECTIONS, AND THE DESIGN OF THE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING SYSTEMS. /TRRL/

• Publication Date: 1972-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 296-302
• Serial:
  • Tiefbau /Germany/
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highways; Lighting systems; Tubing; Tunneling; Tunnels; Underwater construction; Ventilation systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Tunnel lighting
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00210154
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1974 12:00AM