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Old Posted Aug 3, 2015, 12:28 AM
MalcolmTucker MalcolmTucker is offline
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Well, the less dirt you have above a tunnel, the more structural strength has to be gained from the tunnel materials itself, not from adapting the ground to use as structure. Plus there would be codes on crossing underneath rivers - wouldn't want the tunnel daylighted during a flood event.
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