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| | Dredge Type: Dipper Dredge and Clamshell Dredge
Quantity: 10,500,000 cubic yards (8,000,000 cubic meters)
Duration: 1995-1999
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| Description |
| | The road/rail Øresund Fixed Link joins Sweden and Denmark via a 4-km tunnel, a 4-km artificial island (Peberholm), and an 8-km cable-stayed bridge. The dredging and reclamation contract involved design, dredging and construction of the tunnel trench, work harbors, navigation and construction channels, compensation areas, and an artificial peninsula and island. GLDD participated as a member of the Øresund Marine Joint Venture. The project entailed:
- Dredging: 10,500,000 yd³ (8,000,000 m³)
- Stone Works: 2,200,000 tons (2,000,000 m tons)
- Fill, Island: 11,100,000 yd³ (8,500,000 m³)
- Fill, Peninsula: 3,900,000 yd³ (3,000,000 m³)
- 544-acre (220-hectare) dike-lined landfill
- Construction of 39,400 ft (12 km) of perimeter rock revetments for the reclamation area
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