Bangkok’s Mahaisawan longest road tunnel opens today

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The 900 million baht longest road tunnel to ease traffic congestion, the Mahaisawan Tunnel, officially opened today for traffic after almost five years of construction.

 

The tunnel is 800 metres long and built to allow traffic from the left bank of the Chao Phraya river or the Thonburi side to enter the right bank or Bangkok more conveniently.

 

The longest road tunnel was on the surface and underground parallel to the Taksin road which intersects with Ratchapisek road for a distance of 1.5 kilometres. The underground length of the road tunnel however is 800 metres long.

 

The 4-lane tunnel, with the height and width of 5 by 17 metres, begins at Soi Taksin 35/2 and ends in front of the Phra Pinklao Hospital.

But the road tunnel is not yet 100% finished but still needs some decoration and asphalt surfacing.

 

According to the Department of Public Works, Town and Country Planning (DPT) of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, said the tunnel is 98 per cent completed.

 

The unfinished part will involve final checkup to ensure that the structure, electric system, lights, and ventilation are working smoothly, as well as cleaning.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/bangkoks-mahaisawan-longest-road-tunnel-opens-today/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-09-30

Hope they check often for dead lamps and replace them quickly.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

... The longest road tunnel was on the surface and underground parallel to the Taksin road which intersects with Ratchapisek road for a distance of 1.5 kilometres. ...

Translation? Anyone?

800 meters and 5 years. 800 directors for this project should go for 5 years to a high security prison that they can not built another 5 Kilometer tunnel for 27 years.

How much water can it contain?

4 hours ago, scorecard said:

Hope they check often for dead lamps and replace them quickly.

replace with live lamps, the kind that still light up/work.

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Serious question: How do they stop rain water flooding the tunnel?

7 hours ago, blackcab said:

Serious question: How do they stop rain water flooding the tunnel?

Presumably they have water pumps that automatically pump out water to above road. No doubt these will fail at first opportunity and tunnel will be closed within a week.

On 9/30/2016 at 4:45 PM, IAMHERE said:

replace with live lamps, the kind that still light up/work.

 

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On 10/2/2016 at 11:37 AM, scorecard said:

 

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I am insinuating that they will replace old dead lamps with new dead lamps.

1 hour ago, IAMHERE said:

I am insinuating that they will replace old dead lamps with new dead lamps.

 

 

OIC.

 

My initial comment comes from several such tunnels where a large number of the internal lamps have failed (many years ago) and never been replaced.

 

Ultimate point - no planned maintenance? planned checking never done? etc.