River Vistula Tunnel, Port Link
Danzig, Poland
Location
Danzig, Polen
Client
The City of Gdańsk, represented by Gdańskie Inwestycje Komunalne Sp. z o.o
Project planner
Consortium Europrojekt Gdańsk S.A. / SSF Ingenieure AG
Total Length
1377,5 m
Planning period
2008 – 2011
Construction period
2011 – 2016
Costs
885,6 Mio. PLN
Services
General planning
The road tunnelon the Słowackiego route takes vehicles under the river Vistula, linking theeastern part of the port with the western part on the level of the timber portand the banks of the river Vistula in the port of Gdańsk. The shield-tunnelledstructure was planned as a system of connected rings made of reinforcedconcrete, with the service buildings at either end. Both tunnels are connectedby 7 cross links. The river Vistula has a width of approx. 210 m and a depth ofapprox. 12 m at the point where the tunnel crosses.