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TUNNELS
The Marble
Road Tuscany, Italy
Client :
Municipality of Carrara
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Tuscany Italy
Services:
Final and detailed design, environmental impact study,
safety plan
Period:
2001-2002
Construction Cost:
1,355,039,845
The
Project:
In the
context of the contract awarded to Technital for the design of
a special road for the heavy vehicles travelling to and
from the Carrara marble quarries, to alleviate urban traffic
problems and reduce road maintenance costs, a new alignment of
6.13 km has been designed, of which 4.45 km are tunnels.
The
choice of a largely underground alignment derives from the
need to maintain a gradient with sufficiently low slope to
allow a high service level for the heavy vehicles and reduce
as far as possible the visual impact of the works, even if
this implies e considerable technical and economic
undertaking.
The
tunnels include:
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Monte Greco Tunnel L = 2405.5 m
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Cornevale
Tunnel L = 198.6 m
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Tunnel
Macina
L = 972.7 m
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Santa Croce Tunnel L = 1010.8 m
The project also envisages all the necessary installations,
including tunnel lighting, and
automatic fire-fighting
and ventilation systems. The tunnels will also have emergency
lanes, parking bays and escape routes.
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