Immersed tunnel to relieve Fehmarnsund bridge

[John Ashworth]

Immersed tunnel to relieve Fehmarnsund bridge

To create an ‘efficient’ north-south pan-European corridor, the federal Ministry of Transport has reached agreement with DB Netz and the Land of Schleswig-Holstein to build an immersed tunnel carrying rail and road links under the Fehmarn Sound between eastern Holstein and the island of Fehmarn...

The selected option will see the construction of a 1·7 km immersed tube tunnel to accommodate four road lanes and two railway tracks for through traffic. The existing bridge will be retained and renovated for pedestrians, cyclists and local road access...