A 14-mile high-speed rail tunnel has been finished in China after 10 years.
Construction has just completed on the 14-mile Desheng tunnel—China's longest single bore, double-track tunnel, which will accommodate high-speed trains traveling at nearly 125 MPH.Situated close to an active fault zone, project workers had to deal with earthquakes and landslides during the tunnel's 10-year construction. It is one of 30 such tunnels in the country of a similar size or larger.
'China Railway Group's site also reports that the station is designed with a three-tiered structure for smoke exhaust at the top, and middle and lower level evacuation.Passengers using the tunnel can expect to travel up to 125 MPH . Freight trains will pass through at 75 MPH .The Desheng tunnel is slated to enter service later this year.However, construction on a similar kind of project in the U.S. is also scheduled to begin soon.
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