TUNNELING TEAM CONQUERS THE SUEZ

The paper reports on the construction of a two-lane road tunnel that marks the first nonbridge crossing of the Suez Canal. The 1.2-mile Ahmed Hamdi tunnel is of precast concrete, segmental design, shield driven to 38.7 ft in diameter. For topographic and military reasons, the tunnel curves instead of taking a straight-line run across the canal.

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• Publication Date: 1980-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 34-35
• Serial:
  • Engineering News-Record
  • Volume: 205
  • Issue Number: 19
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Canals; Concrete construction; Curves (Geometry); Highway transportation; Precast concrete; Roads; Segmental construction; Tunneling; Tunnels; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I54: Construction of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00331767
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 9 1981 12:00AM