 The southern entrance to the Bund Tunnel at Dongmen Road. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Location | Beneath the Bund |
| Status | Active |
| Start | Huangpu District, Shanghai |
| End | Hongkou District, Shanghai |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 28 March 2010 |
| Technical | |
| Length | 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi) |
| No. of lanes | 6 |
| Operating speed | 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph) |
| Tunnel clearance | 3 metres (9.8 ft) |
The Bund Tunnel (Chinese: 外滩隧道; pinyin: Wàitān Suìdào) is a 3.3 km (2.1 mi)[1] sub-surface road and road tunnel in the city of Shanghai, China. The tunnel connects the districts of Hongkou to the north and Huangpu to the south.
In the south, the tunnel begins on a stretch of South Zhongshan Road, which runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River, on the east side of the old Chinese city. It follows South Zhongshan Road and No. 2 East Zhongshan Road, crosses Yan'an Road, a major east-west artery (with a major exit to and from Yan'an Road), then follows East No. 1 Zhongshan Road through the Bund. At the northern end of the Bund, where the surface road joins the historic Garden Bridge to cross Suzhou Creek, the tunnel also crosses Suzhou Creek under the bridge. On the northern bank of Suzhou Creek, the tunnel briefly follows Daming Road, with another major exit leading east onto Changzhi Road, while the main tunnel veers west and joins Wusong Road.
Construction on the tunnel began in 2007. The southern section of the tunnel is a subsurface road built using cut and cover methods, while the northern part was tunnelled using a shield method. The tunnel has two levels, with each level carrying three lanes of traffic in one direction.[2] The tunnel was opened on 28 March 2010.
- ^ Shanghai ramps up efforts to improve Bund. China.org.cn
- ^ 公司承建的外滩通道南段工程从延安东路隧道上方成功穿越 (Southern section of the Bund Corridor Project contracted by the Company successfully passes over the East Yan'an Road Tunnel), Shanghai SGC Company Limited, 1 November 2009