Undersea road tunnel opens to traffic in China's Dalian
STORY: Undersea road tunnel opens to traffic in China's Dalian
DATELINE: May 2, 2023
LENGTH: 0:00:54
LOCATION: DALIAN, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the undersea road tunnel
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SUN ZHU, Deputy chief engineer of Dalian Bay Undersea Tunnel Co., Ltd.
STORYLINE:
An undersea road tunnel opened to traffic on Monday in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China's Liaoning Province.
The tunnel, accommodating a two-way six-lane urban expressway beneath Dalian Bay, is the first immersed tube undersea tunnel in north China.
The designed traffic speed in the 5.1-km tunnel is 60 km per hour. Construction of the tunnel took some four years.
SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SUN ZHU, Deputy chief engineer of Dalian Bay Undersea Tunnel Co., Ltd.
"During the construction of the tunnel, we overcame many difficulties such as complex geological conditions, construction risks and technical difficulties. We completed the localization transformation of large equipment, core components and control
- Product Code
- ILEA001269555
- Registered date
- 2023/5/02 00:00:00
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