Belgium

Drive concluded for the Liefkens-hoek Tunnel in Antwerp

Longitudinal section of the project with undertunnelling the Schelde and the Canal Dock B1-B2
Longitudinal section of the project with undertunnelling the Schelde and the Canal Dock B1-B2
Undercutting the Canal Dock (cross-section)
Undercutting the Canal Dock (cross-section)
Replacing the soil in the Canal Dock with lean concrete
Replacing the soil in the Canal Dock with lean concrete
Floating lines from the bank to the pontoon in the Canal Dock for installing the steel fibre concrete underwater slab
Floating lines from the bank to the pontoon in the Canal Dock for installing the steel fibre concrete underwater slab
Tunnel cross-section at the cross-passages with ground freezing Photo: Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG, Frankfurt am Main/D
Tunnel cross-section at the cross-passages with ground freezing
Photo: Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG, Frankfurt am Main/D

At present the roughly 6 km long Liefkenshoek Tunnel with 2 single-track bores to connect the 2 banks of the Schelde is being produced so that as from 2013 the existing route catering for up to more than 100 goods trains per day will be shortened by 22 km. The tunnel drives involving undercutting the Schelde and the canal dock (Fig. 1) have been concluded and lining operations have begun.

Extensive reports have already dealt with the “Liefkenshoek Rail Link Project” (LHVSV), one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Belgium [1, 2]. The contract to build the Liefkenshoek Rail Link Project...

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