CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SANYO LINE FROM SHIN-OSAKA TO OKAYAMA

Construction work described is under way for the 161 km railroad section between Shin-Osaka and Okayama of the New Sanyo Line, which includes 13 km of embankments, 80.1 km of elevated sections, 14 km of bridges, and 57.3 km of tunnels. Prestressed concrete bridges are widely adopted to reduce noise. The Rokko Tunnel (16,220 m), the longest in Japan is completed. In Japanese with English abstract.

• Corporate Authors:

  Japan Society of Civil Engineers

  1-chome, Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku
  Tokyo,   Japan  160-0004
• Authors:
  • Takayama, A
  • MINEMOTO, M
• Publication Date: 1970-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 9-19
• Serial:
  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Journal
  • Volume: 55
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Japan Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete bridges; Environmental protection; High speed rail; Noise
• Identifier Terms: Sanyo Main Line (Japan)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Railroad noise
• Subject Areas: Environment; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00025532
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 11 2003 12:00AM