Civil Engineering
National Highway No. 3 Bitan Bridge & Xindian Tunnel
- Project Type
- Bridge & Road
- Location
- Xindian District, New Taipei City
- Year
- 1996
Architect / Supervising Engineer
T. Y. Lin International Taiwan Inc.
Client
Taiwan Area National Expressway Engineering Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications
*Merged into the Freeway Bureau in 2018
Structure
Reinforced concrete (RC)
Scope of Work
- Viaduct: 1,596 m with main span of 160 m
- Mountain tunnel: adopting the new Austrian tunneling method
It is a twin tube 3-lane tunnel with a length of 650 m each in the north and south directions