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Die Tunnelelemente für Fehmarnbelt.

Fehmarn, Germany

Fehmarnbelt tunnel

Technical data

Project description

The 18 km long Fehmarnbelt tunnel will connect the Danish island of Lolland with the German island of Fehmarn (Schleswig-Holstein). It will be the world's longest immersed tunnel for combined rail and road transport.

  • Construction of the 18 km long underwater tunnel
  • Construction of the tunnel factory where the tunnel elements are manufactured
  • Construction of the tunnel portals, toll stations, bridges and ramps
  • The tunnel will consist of a four-lane motorway and a double-track, electrified railway line
  • Tunnel elements: 79 individual elements, each 217 m long and weighing 73,000 tonnes
  • 10 special elements with a basement containing facilities for the operation and maintenance of the tunnel
Construction method
  • Immersed tunnel

General data

Project

Fehmarnbelt Tunnel

Client

Femern A/S

Contractor

Femern Link Contractors (FLC) with partners VINCI Construction Grands Projets, Per Aarsleff, Royal BAM Group, Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG, Solétanche-Bachy International, CFE and Max Bögl Stiftung & Co.

Construction period

2021 to 2029

 

© Picture credits Femern A/S

  • Utilisation

    Infrastructure

  • Type

    Underwater road and railway tunnels

  • Length

    18 km

  • Type of construction

    Immersed tunnel

Further projects

All projects

  • Fehmarn

    World's longest immersed tunnel for combined rail and road transport

    Die Tunnelelemente für Fehmarnbelt.

  • Bremen

    Immersed tunnel under the Weser for more traffic relief in Bremen

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