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The application of design and construction criteria stated by ADECO-RS approach analed us to achieve considerable successes, including the salvage of tunnels whose excavation by other means proved to be impossible. Some of the above mentioned tunnels are listed below:
| Tunnel |
Year |
Ø [m] |
Ground |
Overburden
max [m] |
Advance Rates [m/g]
media ÷ max |
“Tasso”
Florence to Arezzo Railway Line |
1988 |
12,20 |
Sandy silts |
50 |
2,0 ÷ 3,2 |
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“Targia”
Bicocca to Syracuse
Railway Line |
1989 |
12,00 |
Hyaloclastites |
50 |
2,0 ÷ 3,3 |
|
“San Vitale”
Caserta to Foggia
Railway Line |
1991 |
12,50 |
Scaly clays |
100 |
1,6 ÷ 2,4 |
|
“Vasto”
Ancona to Bari
Railway Line |
1993 |
12,20 |
Silty sand and clayey silt |
135 |
1,6 ÷ 2,6 |
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“Tartaiguille”
Marseille to Lyon
TGV Méditerranèe |
1996 |
15 |
Swelling clay |
110 |
1,4 ÷ 1,9 |
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“Appia Antica”
Rome Outer RingMotorway |
1999 |
20,65 |
Sandi gravelly pyroclastites |
18 |
2,3 ÷ 3,3 |
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