The oresund is the most wellknown example of european crossborder collaboration, building on the metropolitan area around copenhagen and, across the sound, southern sweden with the cities of malmo, lund and helsingborg. It consists of 20 tunnel elements beneath the drogden channel. It is the longest combined road and rail bridge in europe and connects the two metropolitan areas of the oresund region. Crossborder integration intensified following the opening of a fixedlink bridge tunnel in 2000. Shaping the future of the european core network corridors. The oresund delegations 1985 recommendation to fund the project entirely outside of public sector budgets was of fundamental importance to the funding structure. Twenty 176 m long elements will form a straight tunnel of 3,520 m. The justification for the additional expenditure and complexity related to digging a tunnel for part of the way, rather than raising that section of the bridge, was to avoid interfering with air traffic from the. If you book with tripadvisor, you can cancel at least 24 hours before the start date of your tour for a full refund. This amazing bridge turns into a tunnel and connects denmark.
Strategic risk management in the oresund bridge case. Crossborder integration intensified following the opening of a fixedlink bridgetunnel in 2000. Oresundsbron the oresund link is a fourlane motorway and rail two tracks bridge tunnel across the oresund between copenhagen and malmo, with associated motorway and railway connections. Each tunnel element is comprised of 8 tunnel segments of 22 m in length. It also serves copenhagen airport at kastrup and supports cooperation and regional growth on both sides of the sound. The tunnel is the longest immersed tube tunnel for. It is the worlds longest cablestayed bridge for both road and railway source. Principal contractor oresund consortium spes was responsible for negotiations with the contractors first tier contractors consortia. This case is about the oresund bridge, which links the danish capital of copenhagen with swedens thirdlargest city, malmo about us. The bridge, island and tunnel combination connects the two metropolitan areas of the oresund region, copenhagen, denmark and malmo, sweden. The strait has a length of 118 kilometres 73 mi and the width varies from 4.
Oresund bridge top 10 structurally amazing bridges. The bridge, which was opened on 1 july 2000, has a total length of 7,845 metres, a width of 23. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Sep 09, 2015 this amazing bridge turns into a tunnel and connects denmark and sweden the oresund is an engineering marvel that connects the danish capital of copenhagen to the swedish city of malmo. In early 2008, the financial crisis that had been brewing and which burst into flames later in the year was just around the corner. The tunnel segments were cast above sealevel using the full section casting technique to minimize the risk of thermal cracking. Jan 20, 2017 a drive across the oresund bridge and tunnel between sweden and denmark. Content basic concept coentunnel project production and installation calculations immersed tube tunnel load cases models. The study applies historical micro data to re construct the travel pattern with no bridge in place and compare this to the current situation. The oresund bridge is a bridge and tunnel across the oresund strait. The oresund link cutaway section of a tunnel element. Pdf the oresund bridge between copenhagen in denmark and malmo in sweden was opened july 1, 2000. This chimerical bridgetunnel appears to dead end right into the sea. Three main segments of the oresund link on the denmark side, the link begins with a 3,510meter 2.
Information from its description page there is shown below. The oresund fixed link was a project initiated in 1991 by the swedish and danish governments and completed and opened in july 2000. The oresund or oresund bridge is a combined twotrack rail and fourlane road bridgetunnel across the oresund strait. Papers 2021 borders collaborating across regions and. The oresund link cutaway section of a tunnel element the 16kilometre fiixed link that will connect copenhagen in denmark to malmo in sweden is expected tp create a major metropolis that will be competitive with other urban areas in europes baltic region. The bridge, island and tunnel combination connects the two. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 2. The danes chose the name to complement the natural island of saltholm salt islet just to the north. Oresund link, copenhagenmalmo, denmarksweden page 1 of 2 roadrail and planning and implementation t reported on i guaranteed by the two states actual traffic introduction a road and rail link across the oresundi between sweden and denmark, consisting of a bridge 7. The use of surpluses from road tolls to finance landbased connecting infrastructure, and the.
The oresund bridge is the longest combined road and rail bridge in europe. Janssen and steen lykke abstractdutch engineers have been. Ex post socioeconomic assessment of the oresund bridge. Oresund bridge simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The tunnel emerges from the water into a roadway on a 4,055meter 2.
The oresund landworks are one of the busiest and most important traffic routes in denmark. Mar 26, 2017 three main segments of the oresund link on the denmark side, the link begins with a 3,510meter 2. Pdf part of the construction of a fixed link between denmark and sweden across the oresund is the 7. Additionally, one of two lanes will be closed while border control is being conducted. T,eir input can particularly be found in the design of the oresund link, which will be the longest immersed concrete tunnel in europe. Its towers are 669 feet 204 meters high and provide a navigational clearance of 187 feet 57 meters under the main span. The oresund bridge the oresund bridge is the longest combined road and rail bridge in europe, connecting two major metropolitan areas. The speed in the oresund bridge tunnel will, for safety reasons, be reduced from 90 kmh to 50 kmh in the direction of denmark during periods when the danish police are performing temporary border control at the mouth of the tunnel closest to kastrup. Janssen and steen lykke abstractdutch engineers have been involved in the design and construction of the 16kinlong fixed link between denmark and sweden from the start. Oresund bridge article pdf available in transportation research record journal of the transportation research board 16541. The remaining part of the bridge is a tunnel of 4 km from peberholm to the danish island of amager. Oresundsbron the oresund link is a fourlane motorway and rail two tracks bridgetunnel across the oresund between copenhagen and malmo, with associated motorway and railway connections. The tunnel emerges from the water into a roadway on a. The tunnel crosssection consists of two dualcarriage motorway bores, with a service annex escape gallery in between, and two singletrack railway bores.
In 2000 the oresund link, a combined tunnelandbridge system connecting copenhagen with malmo, sweden, opened. The tunnel is the longest immersed tube tunnel for both road and rail traffic in the world. In this kind of bridge, a series of strong steel cables attach the bridge deck to high towers called pylons that support the bridges weight. Peberholm is a designated nature reserve built from swedish rock and the soil dredged up during the bridge and tunnel construction, approximately 4 km 2. The oresund link cutaway section of a tunnel element the 16kilometre fiixed link that will connect copenhagen in denmark to malmo in sweden is expected tp create a major metropolis that. The oresund fixed link comprises the oresund bridge and the landworks that are connected to the bridge on the danish side. The oresund tunnel contractors, a consortium consisting of ncc. The required service life of the structure is 100 years. The justification for the additional expenditure and complexity related to digging a tunnel for part of the way, rather than raising that section of the bridge, was to avoid interfering with air traffic from the nearby copenhagen airport, to provide a clear channel for ships in good weather or bad, and to prevent ice floes from blocking the strait. Pdf the oresund bridge is part of the international fixed link currently under construction across the sound separating copenhagen, the capital of. The bridge joins drogden tunnel on the artificial island of peberholm pepper islet. Consisting of a bridge, a tunnel, and an artificial island, it. The oresund is the most wellknown example of european crossborder collaboration, building on the metropolitan area around copenhagen and, across the sound, southern sweden with the cities of.
A part of the bridge is above water and it runs nearly 8 km from the swedish coast to the artificial island of peberholm. Oresund link bridge and tunnel, denmarksweden britannica. A bridge that turns into an underwater tunnel connecting. Oresundsbro konsortiet is charged with the commer cial, traffic and technical management of the oresund. Commuting, student flows and crossborder residency have been. It is the longest combined road and rail bridge in europe and. This amazing bridge turns into a tunnel and connects. Oresund bridge thus comprises three different parts, as it follows. The study applies historical micro data to re construct the travel pattern. The paper presents an ex post socioeconomic assessment of the oresund bridge conducted ten years after the opening in july 2000.
Project profile template for 1st case study in sweden the. S0886779896 000624 the fixed link across the oresund. The 16km long tunnel, island and bridge link consists of a four lane motorway and a. The required service life of the structure is 100 years in environmental conditions that are aggressive to concrete. The western part of the oresund link is a 4kmlong tunnel between the artificial island of peberholm and the artificial peninsula at kastrup. Collectively, the oresund fixed link is a miracle of modern engineering. A cablestayed bridge runs nearly 8 km 5 miles to an artificial island where it transitions into a tunnel that runs another 4 km 2. When it was finished in 1999, crown prince frederik of denmark and crown princess victoria of sweden met in the middle. Concrete for the oresund tunnel a comprehensive concrete specification has been prepared to control the quality of the concrete for the oresund link.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Flat file with delimiter tabulator, comma, semicolon, space either with heading or without heading. Denmark kastrup the oresund tunnel forms part of the fixed link between zeeland in denmark and scania in sweden. The 16km long tunnel, island and bridge link consists of a four lane motorway and a dual track high speed rail line between kastrup near copenhagen and lernacken near malmo. Content basic concept coentunnel project production and installation calculations immersed tube tunnel load cases models analysis structural integrity 1st coentunnel. In the add existing file dialog select the file map. The tunnel segments were cast above sealevel using the full section. A road and rail link across the oresundi between sweden and. Structurae, oresund bridge, oresund tunnel road traffic technology, oresund bridge project information coordinates. The opening of the oresund bridge resulted in a jump in traffic of more than 43 per cent, and total traffic across oresund grew on average by 10 per cent annually over the period 20012007. The method of casting the tunnel segments was similar to. Jan 08, 2012 oresund bridge thus comprises three different parts, as it follows. The federal highway administration, american association of state highway and transportation officials, and national cooperative highway research program sponsored a scanning study of.