Tunnel_hole-through

Tunnel hole-through

Tunnel hole-through

When the two sections of a tunnel under construction meet


Tunnel hole-through, also called breakthrough, is the time, during the construction of a tunnel built from both ends, when the ends meet,[1] and the accuracy of the survey work becomes evident. Many tunnels report breakthroughs with an error of only a few inches, for example:

Dismantling the tunnel boring machine 10 days after the hole-through on the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland.

See also


References

  1. "Governor Rockefeller and Mayor Lindsay Attend 'Holing Through' of 63d St. Tunnel". The New York Times. October 11, 1972. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  2. "ASCE Metropolitan Section - Holland Tunnel". www.ascemetsection.org. Retrieved 2020-11-21.



Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Tunnel_hole-through, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.