Facts and Figures
| Tunnel | |
|---|---|
| Total length | 4,050 m |
| Immersed tunnel | 3,510 m |
| Kastrup portal building | 270 m |
| Peberholm portal building | 270 m |
| Deepest point below sea level | -21 m |
| Tunnel elements | |
|---|---|
| Number of elements | 20 |
| Number of sections per element | 8 |
| Length of sections | 22 m |
| Length of element | 176 m |
| Width | 38.8 m |
| Height | 8.6 m |
| Weight per element | 55,000 tons |
| Peberholm (artificial island) | |
|---|---|
| Length | 4,055 m |
| Width | 500 m |
| Area | 1.3 km2 |
| Material: 1.6 million tons stone and 6 million m3 sand and bottom material | |
| Artificial peninsula at Kastrup | |
|---|---|
| Length | 430 m into the sea |
| Area | 0.9 m2 |
| Material: broken stone, granite, ramp of moraine clay |
| Bridges | |
|---|---|
| Total length | 7,845 m |
| Western approach bridge | 3,014 m |
| High bridge | 1,092 m |
| Eastern approach bridge | 3,739 m |
| Pylon height | 204 m |
| Main span | 490 m |
| Navigational clearance | 57 m |
| Stay cables | |
|---|---|
| Cable-stayed arrrangement with cables anchored at 20 m intervals | |
| The cables are anchored in the pylons at approx. 12 m intervals | |
| Cable stayed arrangement = 2 x 80 cables | |
| Each cable comprises 68 – 73 "strands" | |
| A strand comprises 7 wires which each have a diameter of 5 mm | |
| Total weight of the cables | 2,150 tons |
| Railway | |
|---|---|
| Maximum speed | 200 km/hour |
| Track kilometres | 34 |
| Points | 8 |
| Expansion joints | 14 |
| Signals | 38 |
| ATC- balises | 160 |
| Danish electrified system | 25 kV /50 Hz |
| Swedish electrified system | 15 kV / 16.66 Hz |
| Dark Fibre Links | |
|---|---|
| Fibre optics cables | 4 |
| One cable = 96 fibre pairs |
| Safety | |
|---|---|
| Emergency phones: | |
| Motorway tunnel | 1 per 88 m |
| Bridge | At all emergency stairs approx. every 700 metres |
| Ventilators: | |
| Motorway tube | 80 |
| Rail tube | 20 |
| Toll station | |
|---|---|
| Lanes | 11 in each direction |
| Capacity | 200 cars per hour |
| Toll booths | 11 in each direction |
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