Report
Delaware Bay Bridge Tunnel: final report
Drexel University. College of Engineering. Senior Design Projects
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.
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- Title
- Delaware Bay Bridge Tunnel: final report
- Creators
- Dominic Fekete (Author) - Drexel UniversityMichael Flanagan (Author) - Drexel UniversityKevin Haraschak (Author) - Drexel UniversityKevin O'Rourke (Author) - Drexel UniversityRichard Spinosi (Author) - Drexel UniversityBradley Wilson (Author) - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Drexel University. College of Engineering. Senior Design Projects
- Number of pages
- 124
- Resource Type
- Report
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Engineering
- Identifiers
- 991014632394804721