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Friday Roundtables
12th August 2011
Presented by: Daksh SharmaSergeant-at-arms: Tabrez Ansari
Today’s topic
• Innovative Road Structures
Oresund Bridge
What is Oresund?/ˈôrəˌso͝�o͝nd
“A narrow channel between Sweden and the Danish island of Zealand. Also called the Sound.”
How does it look?
What it is?
A combined two-track rail and four-lane road bridge
It connects the two metropolitan areas of theOresund Region: the Danish capital ofCopenhagen and the Swedish city of Malmö
At 16km, the bridge-tunnel isthe longest combined roadand rail bridge in Europe
The Bridge Maths..
Ro͝adIslandUnder-water Tunnel
4km 4km 8 km
Denmark.. Sweden..
