Reference List Hyperbaric Tunneling
| M-532 4th Tube of the Elbe Tunnel/Cross Passages, Hamburg |
2000 |
Germany |
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M-532 4th Tube of the Elbe Tunnel/Cross Passages, Hamburg
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South Emergency Tunnel / Central Emergency Tunnel
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| Manufacturer: | Herrenknecht |
| Machine Type: | MHSM1 |
| Country: | Germany |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Diameter: | 4.40 m |
| Length: | South: ca. 30.5 m / Central: ca. 70.8 m |
| Geology: | see 4th Tube of the Elbe Tunnel |
The south and central emergency tunnels act as escape routes from the forth tube to the existing Elbe Tunnel and vice versa. They meet, with a certain margin, in the existing west bore. The emergency tunnels were driven with a TBM using compressed air from the new forth bore.
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