El Azhar Road Tunnel
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Tunnel
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| Function / usage: |
Road tunnel
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Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Cairo, Egypt, Africa |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 2 x 2 500 m | |
| length of bored tunnels | 2 x 1 750 m | |
| interior diameter | 8.5 m | |
| number of lanes | 2 x 2 | |
| excavation diameter | 9.3 m |
Quantities
| concrete volume | 135 000 m3 | |
| reinforcing steel | 13 000 t |
Materials
| tunnel structure |
reinforced concrete
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Participants
Geotechnical engineering
Main contractor
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- Les travaux spéciaux du chantier d'El Azhar au Caire, in "Travaux", May 2000, n. 764
- Réalisation des couches de surface du tunnel EL Azhar au Caire, in "Travaux", March 2002, n. 784
- Les tunnels d'El Azhar. Une nouvelle génération de tunnels routiers, in "Travaux", February 2003, n. 794
- Tunnels routiers El Azhar, presented at First fib Congress, 13-19.10.2002, Osaka, Japan.
- Les tunnels routiers El Azhar au Caire, in "Travaux", December 1999, n. 759
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0007739 |
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| Created: | 11/01/2003 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |