Civil Engineering
Taipei Songshan Airport & Fuxing North Road Underpass
- Project Type
- Tunnel & Underpass
- Location
- Songshan District, Taipei City
- Year
- 2007
Architect / Supervising Engineer
Moh and Associates, Inc.
Client
New Construction Bureau, Public Works Department,
Taipei City Government
Structure
Reinforced concrete (RC)
Scope of Work
- The project is located on Fuxing North Road of Taipei City, from Minzu East Road to Binjiang street, with a total length of 600 m.
- Tunnel: Double passage underpass with an inner width of 22.2 m, an inner height of 7.8 m and a total length of about 600 m.
Highlights
This project is located under the runway of Songshan Airport. It adopts ESA with Front Jacking Method combined with Pipe Roof Method. It is the world’s first underground tunnel project successfully completed across the runway while the airport is still in operation.