Summary of How the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel is being built

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The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel is being built between Denmark and Germany, and will be the world's longest immersed tunnel. The construction site will provide jobs for several thousand people, and the finished tunnel will be assembled from 89 elements cast incrementally in segments over a skeleton of reinforcing steel in large casting moulds. Once complete, the tunnel will open to traffic.

• 00:00:00 The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel is being built between Denmark and Germany, and will be the world's longest immersed tunnel and the fastest route between Scandinavia and Central Europe. The construction site will provide jobs for several thousand people, and the finished tunnel will be assembled from 89 elements cast incrementally in segments over a skeleton of reinforcing steel in large casting moulds. Once complete, the tunnel will open to traffic.