List of bridge-tunnels
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Denmark and Sweden
Øresund Bridge completed in 2000 JohanneshovsbronJohanneshovsbron
Johanneshovsbron is a 756 metres long and 17,9 metres wide motorway bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden. Overpassing two older bridges, Skansbron and Skanstullsbron, and one newer bridge, Fredriksdalsbron, it connects Södermalm and the tunnel passing under it, Söderledstunneln, to Johanneshov, the...
and Söderledstunneln
Söderledstunneln
The Söderledstunneln is a tunnel between the Central Bridge and the Johanneshov Bridge on the island of Södermalm in Stockholm. It is 1,550 metres long and traverses the island from north to south.Building started on 9 October 1984...
are directly connected to each other but have different names. The Great Belt Fixed Link
Great Belt Fixed Link
The Great Belt Fixed Link is the fixed link between the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen across the Great Belt. It consists of a road suspension bridge and railway tunnel between Zealand and the island Sprogø, as well as a box girder bridge between Sprogø and Funen...
also includes a railway tunnel. Completed in 1997.
United States
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-TunnelChesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is a long fixed link crossing the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and connecting the Delmarva Peninsula's Eastern Shore of Virginia with Virginia Beach and the metropolitan area of Hampton Roads, Virginia...
in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area, completed in 1964 Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel
Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel
The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel is the -long Hampton Roads crossing for Interstate 64 and U.S. Route 60. It is a four-lane facility comprising bridges, trestles, man-made islands, and tunnels under the main shipping channels for Hampton Roads harbor in the southeastern portion of Virginia in the...
in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area, completed in 1957 Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel
Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel
Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel is the 4.6 mile-long Hampton Roads crossing for Interstate 664 in the southeastern portion of Virginia in the United States...
in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area, completed in 1992
Proposed
Bering Strait crossing Strait of Sicily TunnelStrait of Sicily Tunnel
The Tunnel under the Strait of Sicily is a proposed megaproject to link Sicily and Tunisia. The distance between the coastlines is about and would be reached by five tunnels constructed between four intermediate artificial islands which will be built with the excavated material...
Saudi-Egypt Causeway
Saudi-Egypt Causeway
The Saudi–Egypt Causeway is a proposal to link Egypt and Saudi Arabia with a causeway and bridge. The entire project is expected to cost about 4 billion US dollars...
Bridge of the Horns
Sakhalin Tunnel
Sakhalin Tunnel
The Sakhalin Tunnel is an incomplete and currently postponed construction project, which after completion would connect the island of Sakhalin with mainland Russia via a tunnel of approximately 10 km under the Nevelskoy Strait...
Sakhalin-Hokkaido Tunnel
Sakhalin-Hokkaido Tunnel
The Sakhalin-Hokkaidō Tunnel is a proposed connection to link the Russian island of Sakhalin with the Japanese island of Hokkaidō. Estimates by Russia put the price at $50bn.- Overview :...
Gibraltar Bridge
Gibraltar Bridge
A Strait of Gibraltar crossing is a hypothetical bridge or tunnel spanning the Strait of Gibraltar that would connect Europe to Africa.The Spanish and Moroccan governments appointed a a to investigate the feasibility of linking the two continents...
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
The in-construction Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge is a series of bridges and tunnels that will connect the west side of Hong Kong to Macau and the Guangdong province city of Zhuhai, which are situated on the west side of the Pearl River Delta. The proposed link is expected to cost US$10.7 billion....
(under construction)
See also
- List of road-rail bridges large and epic bridges are more likely to be shared than minor ones.
- Transcontinental railroadTranscontinental railroadA transcontinental railroad is a contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders. Such networks can be via the tracks of either a single railroad, or over those owned or controlled by multiple railway companies...
have the epic quality of these bridge-tunnels.