Shanghai World Expo will be supporting projects Lung Yiu Road cross-river tunnel linking the north line of

Xinhua Shanghai October 20 (Xinhua Lu Wen-jun) After more than five months of painstaking construction, 20 on the morning of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo in major transportation projects Lung Yiu Road supporting cross-river tunnel linking the north line of the structures. At present, the south line of River middle section of the tunnel shield, followed by next month is expected to achieve the two-lane link up, thus ensuring the Expo opened to traffic before the convening of achievement.

Lung Yiu Road Huangpu River Crossing is located in Xuhui District and Pudong New Area, west Lung Yiu Road, Long Wu Road intersection, Lung Yiu Road along the planned cement factory in Shanghai in the north east, crossing the river by tunnel beneath the Yaohua Glass landing terminal in Pudong after Weiliu along the planned road beneath Jiyang only way to Cheung-ching, project length of 4040 meters. Northern Line tunnel section shield up to 1146 meters, the tunnel diameter of 11.38 meters. Lung Yiu Road cross-river tunnel shield the middle of the north line of River May 11 this year, began tunneling, through the process of shield in the face of the original Yaohua Glass workshop room left piles of raw materials zones and the Pudong District, Riverside Wharf piles difficulties such as the Shanghai Huangpu River Investment Corporation, and Shanghai Construction Engineering Group based company builders through the strengthening of monitoring, simultaneous grouting, adjusting the parameters, electronic surveillance and other technical measures to ensure that the shield construction quality, safety, completed on schedule.

Lung Yiu Road Huangpu River after the tunnel opened to traffic and will ease the southwest of Shanghai Pujiang the traffic on both sides of the tense situation, for the 2010 World Expo will provide convenient access to play an important role.