Project description
This link starts from He-Zhou Interchange and connects with Ji-He expressway in the east, crossing the Pearl River Estuary, and landing at Xin-Long Interchange of Zhongshan City in the west. Connected with the Zhongshan-Jiang-Men expressway, the link is about 50 km and of which over 20 km is under marine conditions. The subject of the parallel study however, focussed on the 15 km wide section that includes the Fan-Shi and Ling-Ding channels. Over this section, the Link required 2 x 4 traffic lanes.
Scope of work
The TEC Scope of services covered the evaluation of the immersed tunnel, bored tunnel and mined tunnel construction methodologies for the 3 tunnel options, including the artificial islands.