ORESUND BRIDGE
History The bridge The railway and the tunnel Conclusion Webography
Copenhagen 16 kilometers
Malmo
Sweden
Denmark
Oresund Strait
3,510 meter
1
2
7,845 meters
3
17/7/95
Contract tunnel & contract the artificial island
16/7/97
Svanen
27/11/95
resundskonsort iet signs a contract
6/1/99
The 20th and final tunnel element is placed in the tunnel trench
Suspension bridge
Deck
Main cable
Cables
Clearance below: 57 m
vibrator
pipe driver
skip
trepan
15 meters
20 meters
80 meters 9 500 N
30 meters
80 meters
The rail section is double track standard gauge (1435 mm) and capable of high-speeds exceeding 200 km/h.
The island is approximately four kilometres long, and connects the bridge and tunnel of the resund link
10m
38,8m
8,6m
Built:
Structural Type:
1993 - 2000
Immersed tube tunnel Railroad tunnel Road tunnel
Function / usage:
length of immersed tube tunnel section number of tunnel units tunnel unit weight
3 510 m 20 57 500 t
The precast reinforced concrete units were 8m high, 40m wide and 175m long and they weighed 55,000 metric tons.
Dock
The units floating in the flooded dry dock at Oresund, prior to being towed out.
The unit suspended over the dredged trench with the tugs holding the unit in position, ready for lowering to the sea bed.