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Fehmarn Belt (German pronunciation ⓘ) (Danish: Femern Bælt, former spelling Femer Bælt; Low German: Femernbelt) is a strait connecting the Bay of Kiel and the Bay of Mecklenburg in the western part of the Baltic Sea between the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland.
The Fehmarn Belt fixed link (Danish: Femern Bælt-forbindelsen, German: Fehmarnbelt-Querung) or Fehmarn Belt tunnel is an under-construction immersed tunnel, which will connect the Danish island of Lolland with the German island of Fehmarn, crossing the 18-kilometre-wide (11 mi) Fehmarn Belt in the Baltic Sea.
It will be built across the Fehmarn Belt, a strait between the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland, and is designed as an alternative to the current ferry service from Rødby ...
The Fehmarn Belt, a strait separating Fehmarn from Lolland, is located on the side opposite the German mainland. It can be crossed by ferries travelling between the seaports of Puttgarden, Germany, and Rødbyhavn, Denmark. The crossing takes about 45 minutes.
It has even been proposed to have the needed elements be built at the factory making the elements for the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link, since the Fehmarn Sound is around 900 meters and the elements for the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link is 217 meters so the Fehmarn Sound would consist of 4 or 5 such elements. Also, suggestions have been made to preserve ...
Historically, the Danish straits were internal waterways of Denmark; however, following territorial losses, Øresund and Fehmarn Belt are now shared with Sweden and Germany, while the Great Belt and the Little Belt have remained Danish territorial waters. The Copenhagen Convention of 1857 made all the Danish straits open to commercial shipping. [1]
The treaty between Denmark and Germany for construction of the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link includes hinterland projects in both countries. In Denmark, the existing rail line between Ringsted and Rødby is being expanded to double track and electrified, as well as upgraded to 200 km/h. [ 18 ]
Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link: Fehmarn Belt, Germany/Denmark 17,600 m (10.936 mi) 2029 [139] Construction started in January 2021 [140] Railway Tateiwa Tunnel [citation needed] Hokkaido, Japan 16,980 m (10.551 mi) [citation needed] 2031 Part of the Hokkaido Shinkansen. Road Förbifart Stockholm [141] Stockholm, Sweden 16,500 m (10.253 mi) 2030 [142]