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 unsigned article in World Construction v 10 n 3 Mar 1957 p 52-4)


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    Title :

    Kanmon highway tunnel, Japan


    Additional title:

    Military Engr


    Contributors:
    Goben, R.D. (author)

    Published in:

    Military Engineer ; 49 , n 331


    Publication date :

    1957


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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    Goben, R.D. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1957


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    Kanmon Strait and Kanmon Traffic Advisory Service Center

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