SAIGON EAST - WEST

HIGHWAY PROJECT

SOCIALIST
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM
JAPAN
Official Development Assistance
HO
HO CHI
CHI MINH
MINH CITY
CITY PEOPLE’S
PEOPLE’S
 CONTEN
TS
1. OUTLINE OF THE SAIGON RIVER CROSSING TUNNEL

2.CONSTRUCTION OF IMMERSED TUNNEL

　　 2-1Casting Basin
　　 2-2Construction of Immersed Tunnel Units
　　 2-3Dredging, Towing and Immersion

　　
1. OUTLINE OF THE SAIGON RIVER CROSSING
TUNNEL
PLAN & PROFILE OF THU THIEM
TUNNEL
SOIL STRATA ALONG THE TUNNEL
ALIGNMENT
CROSS SECTION OF IMMERSED
TUNNEL
Cross section of Cut & Cover tunnel and
Approaches
 2. CONSTRUCTION OF IMMERSED
TUNNEL
 Construction Procedure
CASTING BASIN CONSTRUCTION SITE

Trench Dredging
Casting Basin Construction

Foundation

Fabrication of Units

Immersion

Outfitting
Back filling

Towing
Inner work
 Immersi
on

Towin
g

Casting Basin

LOCATION OF CONSTRUCTION SITE

　　　 2-1 　 Casting Basin
General View of the Casting Basin
 A-A

B-B

A A

Detail of
Fundation B

Cross Section of the Casting Basin

The Typical Case of Casting Basin
2-2Construction of Immersed Tunnel Units 　
　
Image of the Tunnel
Units Fabrication in
the Casting Basin

Layout of
Units
 Unit Fabrication Construction
Sequence
End Steel Shell End Steel
Shell
Bottom Slab

Casting Basin
Wall Foundation

Top Slab

Complete
Typical Case of Fabrication Tunnel Units
Fabrication Steel
Shell
Fabrication
Re-Bar
 Cast in
Concrete
Fabrication Tunnel
Units
 Inside
Work

Bulkhead
2-3 Dredging, Towing and
Immersion
 Trench Dredging and Foundation
Work Image
Trench
Dredging
 Image of Towing

After First After Second

Outfitting outfitting
Sequence of Towing

Other
Second
FirstUnits
Second
Dredging
Complete Unit
Unit
Unit Sifting
Towing
river
Towingsideand
Fabricationtoand
Towing
Sifting
Flooding
River
Units
Immersion
Image
 Image of Immersion

Alignment
Alignment Tower
AlignmentTower
Alignment Tower
Tower
10 Barge
Barge for
Barge
Barge for
forImmersion
Immersion
for Immersion
Immersion
m
10
m Submerging
Unit
Submerging
Submerging Unit
Submerged
Submerge Submerging
Bearing Unit
Jack
Submerged
Submerge Unit Bearing Jack
Unit
ddUnit Bearing
Bearing
Temporary
Temporary
Unit Temporary
Temporary
Jack
Unit Jack
support
support
support
support
Towing the submerging unit up
Keeping10m
Submerging
Stop distance
Submerging
unit iswhen from
pulleddepth of to
previous
toward toaround
bottom
previous
of
10misdistance
submerged unit,from previous
Unitas isdepth submerged
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submerged
Unit almostunit.
same of top of
unit.
vertically.
previous submerged unit .
 Image of Unit Connection
by Water Pressure

Lowering the unit on the

previous unit
Pulling the unit by jacks on the
top slab.
Rubber gasket starts to be
compressed.
Draining water between bulkheads
Rubber gasket is compressed more by the
water pressure.
Unit is pushed by difference of both side
Completion of draining water
Rubber gasket is fully compressed
and be watertight
 Image of Sand Flow Work

Sand filling under the unit through pipes

embedded in walls.
Sand flow operation from the river
surface.
 Image of
Backfilling
Work Grub
Burge

Immersed
Tunnel
COMPLETION OF IMMERSED
TUNNEL
TRAFFIC INSIDE THE IMMERSED TUNNEL