3.2 km three-lane motorway tunnel to be constructed using 14.2 m-diameter Herrenknecht Mixshield from recently-completed fourth Elbe tunnel in Germany. More from www.herrenknecht.com March 2000.
Ceresola has stripped and refurbished the Elbetunnel concrete segment production line and installed it for Transstroy Corporation at its Leforto motorway site. Rings of 13.75 m o.d. erected by Herrenknecht EPB will comprise 8+1 segments of thickness 700 mm, length 2 m, and with maximum weight 18t. Visit www.ceresola.com and www.herrenknecht.com Sept 2000.
