DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE OERESUND TUNNEL

This paper describes the design and construction of the tunnel section of the new 16 km road and rail link between Denmark and Sweden which opened to traffic in July 2000. The tunnel which carries a dual carriageway road and a twin-track high-speed railway, is one of the world's largest immersed tunnels with a portal-to-portal length of 4.1 km. The size of the tunnel enabled some innovative, design-led construction methods to be adopted including provision of a purpose-built, production-line casting facility and use of bridge-jacking techniques to move the 55,000 t tunnel elements. The works also incorporate substantial water-excluding approach structures located on an artificial peninsula and island created from material dredged from the tunnel trench. (A)

• Corporate Authors:

  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • BUSBY, J
  • Marshall, C
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS: CIVIL ENGINEERING
• Publication Date: 2000-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 157-66
• Serial:
  • Volume: 138
  • Issue Number: 4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; Design; Highways; Railroad tracks; Tunnels; Underwater construction; Underwater structures
• Geographic Terms: Denmark; Sweden
• ITRD Terms: 3666: Construction method; 8028: Denmark; 9011: Design (overall design); 2755: Highway; 8109: Sweden; 3374: Tunnel; 3626: Underwater
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00802796
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 8 2000 12:00AM