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The production of special segments of the 18-kilometer-long tunnel in the Baltic Sea has started.
A new kind of tunnel
The tunnel will connect the German ports of Putgarden and the Danish ports of Rodbyhavn. This tunnel will be the longest ever built on the seabed by placing special segments.
The segment is 217 m long, 42 m wide, 9 m high, 73 thousand. tons of tunnel.
These segments will be placed on the level bottom of the Baltic Sea at a depth of 40 m.
The segments will start production at a special terminal built in the port of Rodbyhavn on the Danish island of Loland. Its production should start in 2023.
The segments will be produced on special springs. At the end of production, they are lowered into the water and towed to the installation site using special pontoons. Structures that are lowered into the water will be connected and water will be pumped out of them.
Solution: In the Belt Strait, the tunnel will be laid from 89 individual sections.
It is planned to produce a total of 89 concrete segments to install the tunnel.
After sinking and interconnecting all the segments, the tunnel structure will be covered with a layer of sand and stones.
The technology for the construction of such a tunnel was introduced in 1996. However, the construction of the bridge remained a priority. 2010 Germany, and in 2011 the Danish leadership has chosen more than 600 million. a more expensive tunnel construction option. As a result, the construction of the tunnel is less risky in unfavorable weather conditions in the Strait of Belts, which is used for extremely intensive navigation and whose ships sail towards Klaipėda.
For both trains and cars
An underwater tunnel connecting Germany and Denmark at Putgarden and Rodbyhavn is due to be completed by 2029.
The Fehmarnbelt tunnel will be suitable for both cars and trains. It will have two sections of double wagon and two railways.
Vision: Possible view inside the tunnel on the path of the car.
The speed of cars in the tunnel is expected to be up to 110 kilometers per hour and trains up to 200 kilometers per hour.
It will be possible to cross the tunnel in 10 minutes by car and in 7 minutes by train. The ferry between these ports takes 45 minutes.
There are 450 kilometers by land from Hamburg to Copenhagen. The installation of the tunnel will reduce the distance to 320 kilometers. This will also shorten the road from Germany to Sweden by the same 130 kilometers.
Drivers will choose ferries
On a preliminary basis, the construction of the tunnel will cost more than 7 billion. euros. Construction of the bridge would have cost $ 6.4 billion. AMERICAN DOLLAR.
It has already been said that the construction of the tunnel will not be profitable and will not pay off. It will have to be supported by the governments of Denmark and Germany. As a result, protests have already been heard in Germany. It does not need this tunnel as much as Denmark, which wants a better connection to Central Europe.
Project: This will be the entrance to the Fehmarn Belt Tunnel from the Danish side.
Following the construction of the tunnel, the dismantling of the ferry lines between the ports of Putgarden and Rodbyhavn is not being considered.
Scandlines shipping company commissioned a study. It revealed interesting details. Representatives of many towing companies said they would not use the tunnel but the ferries; While the ferry was sailing, the driver could spend an hour resting. This rationally saves the total trucking time. When moving in a tunnel, you will already need to save time by stopping the truck elsewhere on the site.
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