PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF LONG TUNNELS IN THE OKAYAMA- HAKATA SECTION OF THE SANYO SHINKANSEN

Long tunnels are essential in constructing the Shin Kansen high-speed routes. The 398-km Hakata extension includes 111 tunnels with a total length of 222 km, including the 18.7-km undersea tunnel betwen Honshu and Kyushu. Design and construction of that bore and four other major tunnels on the route are described.

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  Japan Railway Engineers' Association

  2-5-18 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku
  Tokyo,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • HORIUCHI, Y
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 11-15
• Serial:
  • Japanese Railway Engineering
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Japan Railway Engineers' Association
  • ISSN: 0448-8938

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Structural design; Tunneling; Tunnels; Underwater construction
• Identifier Terms: Shinkansen
• Uncontrolled Terms: Tunnel design
• Old TRIS Terms: Submarine tunneling
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148579
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 15 1977 12:00AM