Work finishes on Thu Thiem tunnel

Work has finished on Thu Thiem Tunnel, Ho Chi Minh City’s first underwater tunnel, which crosses the Saigon River.

The tunnel will connect the city’s District 1 with the Thu Thiem urban area in District 2. It is designed to ease traffic congestion in the city.

In order to complete the project as scheduled, 600 workers and engineers have worked around the clock on the ground and dozens of meters under the bed of Sai Gon River.

The project management board arranged staff to work in three shifts.

Each shift worked to finish the tunnel every day, including weekends and holidays.

According to Japanese contractor Obayashi, all systems, including water supply, lighting, fire prevention, ventilation vehicle-count and others, meet international standards.

The tunnel is the longest in Southeast Asia with a total length of 1,490 meters.

It can withstand a six-point Richter-scale earthquake and has a 100-year lifespan. It is designed to transport 45,000 automobiles and 15,000 motorcycles every day.

The tunnel is part of the East – West Highway and Water Environment Project. The contractor said it would be open to traffic in the second quarter of next year. The entire East – West Highway will open three months later.

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Work finishes on Thu Thiem tunnel

Work has finished on Thu Thiem Tunnel, Ho Chi Minh City’s first underwater tunnel, which crosses the Saigon River.

The tunnel will connect the city’s District 1 with the Thu Thiem urban area in District 2. It is designed to ease traffic congestion in the city.

In order to complete the project as scheduled, 600 workers and engineers have worked around the clock on the ground and dozens of meters under the bed of Sai Gon River.

The project management board arranged staff to work in three shifts.

Each shift worked to finish the tunnel every day, including weekends and holidays.

According to Japanese contractor Obayashi, all systems, including water supply, lighting, fire prevention, ventilation vehicle-count and others, meet international standards.

The tunnel is the longest in Southeast Asia with a total length of 1,490 meters.

It can withstand a six-point Richter-scale earthquake and has a 100-year lifespan. It is designed to transport 45,000 automobiles and 15,000 motorcycles every day.

The tunnel is part of the East – West Highway and Water Environment Project. The contractor said it would be open to traffic in the second quarter of next year. The entire East – West Highway will open three months later.

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Thu Thiem tunnel gets link-up

The East-West Highway Project Management Board and Japanese contractor Obayashi on Saturday poured final concrete to link up the Thu Thiem tunnel.

According to board director Luong Minh Phuc, to date, 80 percent of workload on the tunnel, which is built across the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City, has been completed.

In order to ensure the inauguration of the tunnel on schedule, the management board and the contractor are arranging three shifts a day with 300 engineers and workers each, Phuc said.

He added that the third package of the project, the mechanics-electricity package, will begin after concrete blocks get stabilized. The package includes installing water supply, lighting, firefighting, ventilation, air pollution measurement and vehicle counting systems with international standards. The package is estimated to take six months.

The Thu Thiem tunnel, which is about 1,490m in length, 33m in width and 9m in height, with six lanes, is scheduled for technical test runs in March next year.

The whole East-West Highway, including the Thu Thiem tunnel, is expected to open to traffic in June 2011.

Once operational, the tunnel can accommodate around 45,000 automobiles and 15,000 motorbikes each day.

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Thu Thiem tunnel gets link-up

The East-West Highway Project Management Board and Japanese contractor Obayashi on Saturday poured final concrete to link up the Thu Thiem tunnel.

According to board director Luong Minh Phuc, to date, 80 percent of workload on the tunnel, which is built across the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City, has been completed.

In order to ensure the inauguration of the tunnel on schedule, the management board and the contractor are arranging three shifts a day with 300 engineers and workers each, Phuc said.

He added that the third package of the project, the mechanics-electricity package, will begin after concrete blocks get stabilized. The package includes installing water supply, lighting, firefighting, ventilation, air pollution measurement and vehicle counting systems with international standards. The package is estimated to take six months.

The Thu Thiem tunnel, which is about 1,490m in length, 33m in width and 9m in height, with six lanes, is scheduled for technical test runs in March next year.

The whole East-West Highway, including the Thu Thiem tunnel, is expected to open to traffic in June 2011.

Once operational, the tunnel can accommodate around 45,000 automobiles and 15,000 motorbikes each day.

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