Highway will be capable of handling 2000 automobiles per hr; tunnel is planned to extend for 2.16 mi at narrowest part of Kanmon Straits; access road for 5.1 mi; underwater part of roadway will be constructed in two stories -- vehicle roadway 24 ft 8 in. wide and path for pedestrians and bicycles 12 ft 5 5/8 in. wide; tunnel is 14 ft 9 1/8 in. high, over roadway, and 8 ft 3 5/8 in. high over pedestrian path 160 ft below average water level. (See also Military Engr Sept-Oct v 49 n 331 1957 p 346-7)
Kanmon highway tunnel, Japan
World Construction
World Construction ; 10 , n 3
1957
3 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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