Herrenknecht giants cross Yangtze river

24/09/2009

Herrenknecht giants cross Yangtze riverA pair of 14.93 m-diameter Herrenknecht Mixshield TBMs have each successfully completed 3 km of tunnelling beneath the Yangtze river at Nanjing in Jiangsu, China for twin 3-lane roadways. Water bearing gravel and silt was encountered, with pressures up to 7.5 bar, and cover to riverbed as thin as 30 m. Read the full press release. Visit the Herrenknecht website, or get more from Kulke.Florian@herrenknecht.de. 38/09.