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The Saigon River Tunnel, more popular in Vietnam as the Thu Thiem Tunnel is an underwater tunnel that opened on November 20, 2011. [2] It runs underneath the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city of Vietnam. The tunnel was built with capital from JICA 's ODA, in conjunction with a consortium of Japanese contractors.
Entrance sign at the tunnels. Part of the tunnel complex at Củ Chu, this tunnel has been made wider and taller to accommodate tourists. The tunnels of Củ Chi (Vietnamese: Địa đạo Củ Chi) are an immense network of connecting tunnels located in the Củ Chi District of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, and are part of a much larger network of tunnels that underlie much of the country.
The Saigon River Tunnel running under the river, connecting District 1 in the west to the Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area in the east, was opened to traffic on November 20, 2011. Since its completion, it has been the longest cross-river tunnel in Southeast Asia. [2] The river is also crossed by the Thu Thiem Bridge, Ba Son Bridge, and Phu My Bridge ...
Ho Bo Woods. Hố Bò woods are located in Bình Dương Province 20 km north of Củ Chi, 4 km to the west of the Iron Triangle and the Saigon River and some 56 km northwest of Saigon. The woods consist of rubber plantations, sparse to dense woods, and open rice paddies with some extremely large dikes, some 1–2 metres high. [1]
Iron Triangle (Vietnam) US Army map indicating War Zones C, D, and the Iron Triangle, circa 1965-1967. The Iron Triangle (Vietnamese: Tam Giác Sắt) was a 120 square miles (310 km 2) area in the Bình Dương Province of Vietnam, so named due to it being a stronghold of Viet Minh activity during the war. The region was under control of the ...
Poland Tunnel, abandoned pedestrian tunnel between the ghost towns of Poland and Walker, south of Prescott. Mule Pass Tunnel, 1,400-ft long, road SR 80, Bisbee, Arizona. Deck Park Tunnel, 2,887-ft twin road tunnels, Interstate 10, Phoenix. Queen Creek Tunnel, 1,200-ft road US 60, just east of Superior.
In transport, tunnels can be connected together to form a tunnel network.These can be used in mining to reach ore below ground, in cities for underground rapid transit systems, in sewer systems, in warfare to avoid enemy detection or attacks, as maintenance access routes beneath sites with high ground-traffic such as airports and amusement parks, or to extend public living areas or commercial ...
Cross-Harbour Tunnel and Canal Road Flyover. 1972. Hong Kong. Happy Valley, Kellett Island and Hung Hom Bay. Victoria Harbour and Bowrington Canal. bridge–tunnel transition uses natural island and over reclaimed land; Bowrington Canal now covered. Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel. 1992. United States.