[Photo] Kimpo-Paju Hangang Tunnel TBM Excavation Ceremony

On the 13th, at the 'Expressway No. 400 Gimpo~Paju Section Construction Project Section 2' in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, the country's largest shield TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) was test-operated during a ceremony. The 'Dudeoji (twice as safe and smart underground expressway construction)' Hangang Tunnel TBM is being commissioned. The largest TBM in Korea, used for excavating the 'Hangang Tunnel' on the Gimpo~Paju section of the Metropolitan Area 2nd Ring Expressway, began boring on this day to construct the country's first 2.98 km-long Hangang under-river road tunnel connecting Gimpo and Paju./Paju=Reporter Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

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