A new mega-infrastructure is about to transform European trade. It is the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel, an extraordinary engineering feat that will connect Denmark with Germany, transporting goods and passengers. This project will be 18 kilometers long.
According to the project leaders, this tunnel will not only carry vehicles, but also two electrified railway lines. Unlike the well-known Eurotunnel, this tunnel will not be dug into solid ground, but will use large prefabricated concrete sections, which, after being placed in a trench dug at the bottom of the sea, will be connected to each other and then covered.
These concrete sections have already left the Danish Rødbyhavn factory this year, thus completing the first part of the ambitious project, which is expected to be completed in 2029. Each section of the tunnel has a length of about 217 meters, a width of 42 meters and a depth of 9 meters, weighing about 73,000 tons, writes A2 CNN.
When it opens, the tunnel will reduce travel time between Denmark and Germany from 45 minutes by ferry to 10 minutes by car and 7 minutes by train. The journey from Hamburg to Copenhagen, which currently takes five hours, is expected to be cut in half. The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel is expected to boost tourism in Denmark and the Scandinavian region, creating employment opportunities and improving the economy of some areas that are more developed than the capital, Copenhagen. (A2 Televizion)
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