Øresund Tunnel
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Immersed tube tunnel
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| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) tunnel
Road tunnel |
| Construction method: |
Immersed tube method
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| Other name(s): | Drogden Tunnel |
| Built: | 1993 - 2000 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden, Europe Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark, Europe |
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| Coordinates: | 55° 37' 19.00" N 12° 41' 59.00" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 4 050 m | |
| tunnel length | 3 750 m | |
| length of immersed tube tunnel section | 3 510 m | |
| number of tunnel units | 20 | |
| tunnel unit weight | 57 500 t |
Quantities
| concrete volume | 660 000 m3 | |
| reinforcing steel | 20 000 t |
Cost
| cost of construction | Danish crowns 3 766 000 000 |
Materials
| tunnel structure |
reinforced concrete
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Participants
Owner
Civil engineering
Co-contractor
Subcontractor
Formwork
Relevant Web Sites
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PERI: Øresund Link between Denmark and Sweden - The tunnel
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PERI: Øresund-Verbindung, Dänemark-Schweden - Der Tunnel
Relevant Publications
- Sound investment, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", August 1996, n. 4 v. 2
- L'Øresund: un tunnel et un pont pour relier le Danemark à la Suède, in "Bulletin annuel de l'AFGC", 1999, n. 1
- Øresund tunnel - Control of early age cracking, presented at Tunnel structures, IABSE Colloquium, Stockholm, 1998.
- The design of the Øresund Tunnel casting facility, presented at Immersed Tunnel Techniques 2, Cork, Ireland, 23-24 April 1997.
- Le tunnel immergé du franchissement de l'Øresund entre la Suède et de Danemark, in "Travaux", June 1997, n. 732
- Die feste Öresundverbindung, in "Beton- und Stahlbetonbau", February 1999, n. 2 v. 94
- Le tunnel immergé du franchissement de l'Øresund entre la Suède et le Danemark. La phase de finalisation, in "Travaux", July 1999, n. 754
- Le déplacement d'éléments préfabriqués. Les solutions adoptées sur le chantier de l'Øresund, in "Travaux", June 1997, n. 732
- Øresund link immersed tunnel under the Drodgen, presented at Immersed Tunnel Techniques 2, Cork, Ireland, 23-24 April 1997.
- Fire hazard mitigation for the Øresund Link immersed tunnel, presented at Tunnel structures, IABSE Colloquium, Stockholm, 1998.
- The control of dredged sediment spill losses of the Øresund, presented at Immersed Tunnel Techniques 2, Cork, Ireland, 23-24 April 1997.
- The design of the Øresund Tunnel, presented at Immersed Tunnel Techniques 2, Cork, Ireland, 23-24 April 1997.
- The Øresund tunnel - "Design and built" in practice, presented at Tunnel structures, IABSE Colloquium, Stockholm, 1998.
- Les contraintes environnementales sur deux chantiers européens, in "Travaux", November 1999, n. 758
- Des travaux d’Hercule entre Suède et Danemark, in "Construction moderne", 2000
- Construction of elements for the Øresund immersed tunnel, presented at Tunnel structures, IABSE Colloquium, Stockholm, 1998.
- The design of the Øresund tunnel anchored ramps, presented at Tunnel structures, IABSE Colloquium, Stockholm, 1998.
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0004167 |
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| Created: | 05/07/2002 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |