Abstract
A new 18km-long undersea tunnel is being constructed to link Germany and Denmark, once completed, people can travel between Puttgarden - at the tip of Fehmarn (the German island that is the tunnel's namesake) - and the Danish port of Rødby in just 10 minutes by car, or 7 by train. The European Union, which incorporated it into its continent-spanning Trans-European Transport Network strategy, hopes that the Fehmarn tunnel will complement the 55km Brenner Base Tunnel, which will link Austria and Italy under the Alps, to form the Scandinavian-Mediterranean freight corridor, and will help Europe meet its environmental goals by taking freight off of the road. Unlike other projects, the Fehmarn link won't be bored beneath the seabed, but will sit on top of it, as an immersed tunnel that will be buried inside a trench dug on the seafloor. The article details the plan to build the tunnel, by slicing up the tunnel tube into elements, each of which will be pre-cast in concrete on land, in a purpose-built factory at Rødbyhavn on Lolland, it will be floated out to sea and sunk into position. Innovative solutions were also found for the ventilation system and servicing infrastructure.
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