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Delaware Bay Bridge Tunnel: final report
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| Title: | Delaware Bay Bridge Tunnel: final report |
| Authors: | Fekete, Dominic
Flanagan, Michael
Haraschak, Kevin
O'rourke, Kevin
Spinosi, Richard
Wilson, Bradley |
| Keywords: | Delaware bay bridge Tunnel crossing
Kitts hummock
traffic congestion
DBBT
tube tunnel
Chesapeake bay bridge
trestle bridge
I-95 northeast corridor
cape may-lewes ferry
atlantic city expressway |
| Issue Date: | 26-Mar-2007 |
| Abstract: | The Delaware Bay Bridge-Tunnel, DBBT, is a proposed 13-mile crossing of the
Delaware Bay from Fortescue, NJ to Kitts Hummock, DE. The crossing will provide an
alternate route and bypass for Interstate 95 along the Northeast Corridor from New York
to Washington DC, where the majority of the traffic congestion occurs. The crossing will
also provide a more direct east-west route from Washington DC to Atlantic City and
other New Jersey shore points.
The DBBT is a combination of 17 miles of trestle bridge, which includes five miles
inland to the proposed expansion of Rt. 55 in New Jersey and one mile of immersed tube
tunnel under the Delaware Bay shipping channel. To provide the best operational
conditions for motorists now and in the future, a four-lane highway is projected. A 30-
year-old structure, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, provides the model for the trestle
bridge and tube tunnel system. Its trestle system is being expanded currently.
Innovations focus on the use of low maintenance materials, improved tunnel ventilation
and safety, and both marine and coastal wetland environmental protection. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/1331 |
| Appears in Collections: | Senior Design Projects (COE)
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