2005 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Subaqueous tunnels
Published in: Tunnelling and Tunnel Mechanics
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The following possibilities are available for the crossing of water ways
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Ferries:
These are slow and have a reduced transport capacity when compared with bridges and tunnels (e.g. the Channel tunnel has shortened the drive from Paris to London from 6 hours to 2 hours and 40 minutes). In addition they are dangerous to other ships and are affected by bad weather.
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