Immersed tube

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Schematics of typical immersed tube types
Immersed tube type a.svg
Type A, built upon a shallow trench on the seabed.
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Type B, built under the seabed level.

An immersed tube (or immersed tunnel) is a kind of undersea tunnel composed of segments, constructed elsewhere and floated to the tunnel site to be sunk into place and then linked together. They are commonly used for road and rail crossings of rivers, estuaries and sea channels/harbours. Immersed tubes are often used in conjunction with other forms of tunnel at their end, such as a cut and cover or bored tunnel, which is usually necessary to continue the tunnel from near the water's edge to the entrance (portal) at the land surface.

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Construction

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Construction of segments for the second Coen Tunnel in Amsterdam
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Prefabricated tunnel segments sealed off, ready to be floated to site, and sunk into place

The tunnel is made up of separate elements, each prefabricated in a manageable length, then having the ends sealed with bulkheads so they can be floated. [1] At the same time, the corresponding parts of the path of the tunnel are prepared, with a trench on the bottom of the channel being dredged and graded to fine tolerances to support the elements. The next stage is to place the elements into place, each towed to the final location, in most cases requiring some assistance to remain buoyant. Once in position, additional weight is used to sink the element into the final location, this being a critical stage to ensure each piece is aligned correctly. After being put into place, the joint between the new element and the tunnel is emptied of water then made water tight, this process continuing sequentially along the tunnel. [2]

The trench is then backfilled and any necessary protection, such as rock armour, added over the top. The ground beside each end tunnel element will often be reinforced, to permit a tunnel boring machine to drill the final links to the portals on land. [2] After these stages the tunnel is complete, and the internal fitout can be carried out.

The segments of the tube may be constructed in one of two methods. In the United States, the preferred method has been to construct steel or cast iron tubes which are then lined with concrete. This allows use of conventional shipbuilding techniques, with the segments being launched after assembly in dry docks. In Europe, reinforced concrete box tube construction has been the standard; the sections are cast in a basin which is then flooded to allow their removal.

Advantages and disadvantages

The main advantage of an immersed tube is that they can be considerably more cost effective than alternative options – i.e., a bored tunnel beneath the water being crossed (if indeed this is possible at all due to other factors such as the geology and seismic activity) or a bridge. Other advantages relative to these alternatives include:

Disadvantages include:

Tubes can be round, oval and rectangular. Larger strait crossings have selected wider rectangular shapes as more cost effective for wider tunnels.

Examples

The first tunnel constructed with this method was the Shirley Gut Siphon, a six-foot sewer main laid in Boston, Massachusetts in 1893. The first example built to carry traffic was the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel constructed in 1910 under the Detroit River, and the first to carry road traffic is the Posey Tube, linking the cities of Alameda and Oakland, California in 1928. [3] :268 The oldest immersed tube in Europe is the Maastunnel in Rotterdam, which opened in 1942. [4]

The Marmaray Tunnel, connecting the European and Asian sides of Istanbul, Turkey, is the world's deepest immersed tunnel at 55 metres (180 ft) below sea level; [5] it is the first rail link crossing the straits. Construction began in 2004 and revenue service began in 2013. [6] [7] The tunnel is 13.6 kilometres (8.5 mi) long overall, of which 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) were constructed using the immersed tube technique. [5]

Currently the longest immersed tube tunnel is the 6.7-kilometre-long (4.2 mi) tunnel portion of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, completed in 2018. [8] [9] The HZMB tunnel is set at a depth of 30 metres (98 ft) below sea level. [10] Its length will be surpassed by 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in) with the completion of the Shenzhen–Zhongshan Bridge in 2024. The SZB project includes a 6.7 km-long (4.2 mi) immersed tube which also will be the world's widest immersed tube, carrying eight traffic lanes. [11] Prior to the completion of the Marmaray and HZMB tunnels, the Transbay Tube in San Francisco Bay, completed in 1969, was the world's deepest and longest immersed tube, at 41 metres (135 ft) below water level and 5.8 kilometres (3.6 mi) long. [4]

The length of both the HZMB and SZB will be surpassed by the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link connecting Denmark and Germany when it is completed, [12] at an as-designed 17.6 kilometres (10.9 mi) long. [13] [14] Construction started on 1 January 2021. [15]

Largest immersed tubes [4]
NameImageLengthDepth [lower-alpha 1] WidthCompletedLocationNotes & refs.
Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link 17.6 km
10.9 mi
40 m
130 ft
42 m
138 ft
2028 (est.)Fehmarn Belt in Denmark and Germany [13]
Shenzhen–Zhongshan Bridge 6.845 km
4.253 mi
38 m
125 ft
46 m
151 ft
2024 (est.) Shenzhen and Zhongshan, China Immersed length 5.035 km (3.129 mi). [16] [17]
Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge Gang Zhu Ao Da Qiao -Xi Ren Gong Dao  - panoramio.jpg 6.75 km
4.19 mi
30.18 m
99.0 ft
37.95 m
124.5 ft
2010Pearl River estuary in Hong Kong; Macau; and Zhuhai, China [10]
Transbay Tube Transbay Tube Route (1).svg 5.825 km
3.619 mi
40.5 m
133 ft
14.58 m
47 ft 10 in
1969 San Francisco Bay, United States [18] :Fig. 3,p.8
[19] :219
Drogdentunnelen Oresundsforbindelsen under sundet.jpg 3.51 km
2.18 mi
22 m
72 ft
42 m
138 ft
2000Öresund/Øresund between Sweden and Denmark Four bores: 2×2–lane & 2×1-track [20]
Busan–Geoje Fixed Link Goega Bridge Submarine Tunnel2.jpg 3.24 km
2.01 mi
38 m
125 ft
26.46 m
86.8 ft
2010 Busan and Geoje Island, South Korea [21]
Pulau Seraya Utility Tunnel2.6 km
1.6 mi
6.5 m
21 ft
1988 Singapore [22] [23]
Raúl Uranga – Carlos Sylvestre Begnis Subfluvial Tunnel Construccion del Tunel Subfluvial 4.JPG 2.367 km
1.471 mi
32 m
105 ft
10.8 m
35 ft
1969 Entre Ríos Province and Santa Fe Province, Argentina [19] :214 [24]
Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel (Tube 2) Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel - on Interstate 64 Eastbound - panoramio (5).jpg 2.229 km
1.385 mi
37 m
121 ft
12 m
39 ft
1976 Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States [25] [19] :228
Tuas Bay Cable Tunnel2.1 km
1.3 mi
11.8 m
39 ft
1999 Singapore [26] [27]
Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel (Tube 1) Int64wRoad-HRBT1 (38698956951).jpg 2.091 km
1.299 mi
21 m
70 ft
11 m
37 ft
1957 Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States [28] [19] :194
Blayais Nuclear Power Plant Outfall1.935 km
1.202 mi
1978 Blaye, France
Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Baltimore Harbor Tunnel I-895.JPG 1.92 km
1.19 mi
30 m
98 ft
21.3 m
70 ft
1957 Baltimore, Maryland, United States [19] :193
Eastern Harbour Crossing Eastern Harbour Crossing Kowloon side 29-07-2020.jpg 1.859 km
1.155 mi
27 m
89 ft
35 m
115 ft
1990 Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong [19] :250
Rotterdam Metro (Lines D/E, Nieuwe Maas crossing) Metrowerken in Rotterdam, het eerste tunnelgedeelte aan de zuidzijde van de Maas, Bestanddeelnr 916-8149.jpg 1.815 km
1.128 mi
10 m
33 ft
1966 Rotterdam, NetherlandsImmersed length 1.04 km (0.65 mi); total length 1.815 km (1.128 mi) between stations. [19] :209
Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel AerialviewoftheChesapeakeBayBridgeTunnel (cropped).jpg 1.75 km
1.09 mi
11.3 m
37 ft
1964 Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, United States [19] :200
Fort McHenry Tunnel Fort McHenry Tunnel.jpg 1.646 km
1.023 mi
31.7 m
104 ft
25.1 m
82 ft
1987 Baltimore, Maryland, United States [19] :244
Cross-Harbour Tunnel XHT-1970s cropped.jpg 1.6 km
0.99 mi
28 m
92 ft
22.16 m
72.7 ft
1972 Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong [19] :221
Tamagawa Tunnel Syutokosoku lineB Tamagawa Tunnel Ukisima-guchi.JPG 1.550 km
0.963 mi
30 m
98 ft
39.7 m
130 ft
1994 Tokyo, Japan [19] :256
Hemspoor Tunnel1.475 km
0.917 mi
26 m
85 ft
21.5 m
71 ft
1980 Amsterdam [19] :235
Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel.jpg 1.425 km
0.885 mi
36 m
118 ft
24 m
79 ft
1992 Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States [19] :253
Marmaray Tunnel 1.387 km
0.862 mi
60.5 m
198 ft
15.3 m
50 ft
2013 Bosporus, Istanbul, Turkey 1.4 km (0.87 mi) immersed tube + 9.8 km (6.1 mi) bored tunnel + 2.4 km (1.5 mi) cut-and-cover [29]
Drechttunnel Drechttunnel, Zwijndrechtse oever.jpg 0.569 km
0.354 mi
23 m
75 ft
49 m
161 ft
1977Dordrecht and Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands [30] [31]
Notes
  1. At bottom of tunnel structure

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