Under what water is Taihu Tunnel?

Taihu Tunnel, located in Binhu District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China, is a Taihu Tunnel on the Changzhou-Wuxi section of the southern expressway of Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou, and is also an important passage connecting Mashan Street and Taihu New Town.

2065438+June 2007, the preliminary work of Taihu Tunnel was started; 20 18 1.8, construction of Taihu tunnel started. 202 1 12.30, Taihu tunnel was completed and opened to traffic.

As of February, 2022, Taihu Tunnel has a total length of 10.79km and a width of 43.6 m, making it the longest and widest underwater tunnel in China.

Technical problems in the construction of Taihu tunnel;

Taihu Tunnel is located in the south of the Yangtze River Delta where China's economy is developing rapidly. The surrounding tourism resources are rich, passing through several environmentally sensitive areas. In the process of construction, environmental protection factors must be fully considered to minimize the impact on the ecological environment.

Taihu Tunnel is the key control project of the expressway project in the south of Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou, which has high requirements for crack resistance and waterproof, high construction monitoring standards, and is difficult in construction scale, safety risks, environmental protection requirements, construction organization and so on.