{"id":6798,"date":"2017-10-31T17:13:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T08:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/?p=6798"},"modified":"2023-02-27T19:38:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T10:38:51","slug":"traverse-the-impassible-with-these-impressive-tunnels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/engineering-construction\/2017-10-traverse-the-impassible-with-these-impressive-tunnels\/","title":{"rendered":"Traverse the Impassible with These Impressive Tunnels"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dating back to the first successful construction of a tunnel below a navigable water way with the\u00a0Brunel tunnel built under the Thames River<\/a>\u00a0in London, England, 1841, tunnels have played an extremely important role in keeping societies moving.<\/p>

Although we sometimes overlook them, rail, road and various other types of tunnels are integral in linking modern societies by facilitating commerce and travel between two points separated by mountains, rivers and other natural impediments.<\/p>

Samsung C&T is no stranger to tunneling, having successfully completed several challenging tunnel projects, including Singapore\u2019s first undersea tunnel on the\u00a0Marina Coastal Expressway<\/a>\u00a0project, and Korea\u2019s longest tunnel, Gajisan Tunnel, in the southern area of the country.<\/p>

Keep reading below to check out six fascinating tunnel projects that the C&T Newsroom team is sure you will enjoy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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#1 \u2013 Yerba Buena Island Tunnel, California, USA<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In order to cross the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, travelers must pass through the Yerba Buena Island Tunnel. Completed in 1936, the tunnel remains the largest \u2018single-bore\u2019 tunnel in the world, featuring a width of 23 meters, a height of 18 meters and a total length measuring 160 meters. To handle the high traffic levels that navigate across the bridge each day, the tunnel sports two separate decks, each with 5 lanes of traffic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Yerba Buena Island tunnel on the Bay Bridge, 1 by Jacob Davies is licensed under CC by 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, California by Ken Lund is licensed under CC by 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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#2 \u2013 L\u00e6rdal Tunnel, Norway<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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At 24.51km long, the L\u00e6rda Tunnel road tunnel is the longest of its kind in the world. Its two lanes of traffic cut through a mountain range that rises between the cities of Bergen and Oslo, which provides a much faster and safer route for motorists \u2013 especially during the snowy winter months. The tunnel is also known for beautiful colors that radiate from the tunnel\u2019s walls, which are actually a safety feature to help keep drivers alert during the 20-minute trip.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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L\u00e6rdal Tunnel, Norway by dconvertini is licensed under CC by 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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#3 \u2013 Undersea tunnel, Marina Coastal Expressway, Singapore<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Built by Samsung C&T and considered by Singapore\u2019s Land Transport Authority as Singapore\u2019s \u2018toughest tunneling project ever\u2019 the\u00a0award-winning tunnel<\/a>\u00a0features a total of 10 lanes of traffic and carries approximately 20, 000 vehicles per hour. The tunnel is an impressive display of modern engineering as it burrows through recently reclaimed land, then under the sea, and back through reclaimed land again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) by Nicolas Lannuzel is licensed under CC by 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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#4 \u2013 Channel Tunnel, United Kingdom & France<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Commonly referred to as \u2018the Chunnel\u2019, the Channel Tunnel is the world\u2019s longest undersea tunnel, which spends 37 of its 50 kilometers beneath the English Channel to connect Folkestone, Kent, England with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, France in just 30 minutes. Uniquely, the tunnel carries both high-speed Eurostar passenger trains as well as Eurotunnel Shuttle trains for motorists to bring their cars across. In 2014, the tunnel saw the first ever cyclist traverse its corridors with 4-time Tour de France champion\u00a0Chris Froome complete the historic ride<\/a>\u00a0in 55 minutes \u2013 only narrowly losing out to the train!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Channel Tunnel Aerial by John Fielding is licensed under CC by 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Fire closes Channel Tunnel! Eurostar trains stranded @ St Pancras London by Loco Steve is licensed under CC by 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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#5 \u2013 Sheikh Zayed Tunnel, Abu Dhabi, UAE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Samsung C&T built Sheikh Zayed Tunnel in Abu Dhabi, UAE, is the only tunnel in the world with an eight-lane road being built right on top of an identical eight-lane road running through a tunnel directly below. The project, which cuts straight under the city\u2019s commercial district, was Abu Dhabi\u2019s first large-scale underground civil engineering project and is part of the city\u2019s ambitious \u2018Plan Abu Dhabi 2030<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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#6 \u2013 Gotthard Base Tunnel, Switzerland<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Gotthard Base Tunnel is the world\u2019s longest and deepest rail tunnel that opened in 2016 after nearly 2 decades of work! At 57km long, the twin-bore tunnel provides a high-speed rail link between northern and southern Europe that runs underneath the Swiss Alps. At its deepest point, the tunnel runs some 2.3km under the mountains above it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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SBB \u2013 Gotthard Base Tunnel GBT by Kecko is licensed under CC by 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Sedrun\/Bugnei \u2013 MGB NEAT Track by Kecko is licensed under CC by 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Realp \u2013 Furka base tunnel by Kecko is licensed under CC by 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Dating back to the first successful construction of a tunnel below a navigable water way with the\u00a0Brunel tunnel built under the Thames River\u00a0in London, England, 1841, tunnels have played an extremely important role in keeping societies moving. 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