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Hai Van tunnel reaches halfway point

(Date:January 17, 2003. Source: Vietnam News)

HCM CITY — Two years after Prime Minister Phan Van Khai first broke ground on the Hai Van Pass Tunnel, the project has passed the halfway mark, with 52 per cent of construction work completed by late 2002.

Breakthrough: Engineers have completed the opening to the Hai Van tunnel. — VNA/VNS Photo Vu Cong Dien

At the south end of the tunnel, a Vietnamese-South Korean joint venture has completed 1,700m of the main tunnel and 1,750m of the evacuation tunnel, while at the north end a Vietnamese-Japanese joint venture has finished 2,050m of the main tunnel and 2,030m of the evacuation tunnel.

The contractors have also completed 90 per cent of the ventilation shaft.

The 12.18km Hai Van Pass Tunnel will connect Lang Co in Thua Thien-Hue Province with Da Nang.

The 6.2km, two-lane main tunnel and its access roads to Highway No.1 have been designed to reduce the road distance over the Hai Van Pass by 9km, accommodating vehicles of up to 30 tonnes, travelling at 80km per hour.

The Government-approved design also provides for a 4.7m-wide evacuation tunnel in case of emergencies, which will be linked to the main tunnel by 15 cross-passages.

The Hai Van Pass Tunnel will be Southeast Asia’s first combined road, tunnel and bridge complex when the project is completed in late 2004. — VNS

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