Reconstruction of the Coastal Highway Route E39 is not only Norway's biggest ever infrastructure project – but the Rogfast Tunnel, of which it is part, will be the world's longest and deepest underwater highway. With a depth of up to 392 meters below sea level, this pioneering project ...
With the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the tunnels were first converted into an air-raid shelter and then into a military command center and hospital. The entry today is on the cliff face overlooking the harbor. In May, 1940, Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey's headquarters were in ...
The 6.7-km tunnel is the world's longest undersea tunnel for road traffic, allowing large ships to continue passing through the sea area above the tunnel.It's designed to have a service life of 120 years, 20 years longer than most bridges.Environmental factors were considered while building ...
METHODS AND MACHINERY IN USE IN THE DRILLING OF THE ST. GOTHARD TRANS-ALPINE ROAD TUNNEL, FROM GOSCHENEN IN SWITZERLAND TO AIROLE IN ITALY, ARE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED. THE 16.3 KM TUNNEL, DUE TO OPEN BETWEEN 1978 AND ...
A 5360 m long road tunnel along a fjord with mountains rising steeply up to 1500 meters above sea level has recently been completed in Norway. 3 km of the tunnel was subjected to rockbursting caused by high and anisotropic stresses in th... E Broch,S Sørheim - 《Rock Mechanics & Roc...
independent roads connected via a tunnel marked with same color tunnel tokens. At that moment, the road becomes the longest road. Who gets the Robber Baron tile: the player who laid the last tunnel token or the player who placed the last tile considering both roads, including the tunnel ...
The Stonehenge Alliance, the group against the tunnel plans, added: "Stonehenge World Heritage Site is in danger now, with the legal action challenging the government's decision the only thing keeping the bulldozers off the site . We can only hope that it succeeds, because placing the site ...
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The road tunnel in Laliki was excavated in highly heterogeneous, severely tectonically damaged and mainly very weak rocks of the Western Carpathians flysch. In particular, the conditions were characterized by a high percentage of very weak laminated shale and weathered rock mass, an unfavorable and...
The tunnel, whose official name is Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link, will also be the longest combined road and rail tunnel anywhere in the world. It will comprise two double-lane motorways – separated by a service passageway – and two electrified rail tracks. “Today, if you were to take a train...