 | Tunnels : emergency lighting
Tunnels : the key role of adequate lighting.
Most tunnels are situated in geographically strategic locations. What's more, they face a constant increase in the volume of traffic. After a number of recent incidents, and tragic events, enhancing their safety levels has become an even more essential priority. Of course, a safe tunnel is first and foremost a well-lit tunnel.
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| Lighting up a major motorway link
It was in Liège (Belgium) that less than four kilometres of asphalt was still missing from the Amsterdam–Milan motorway link. Officially opened in June 2000, this minute piece of the European motorway puzzle required the driving of three tunnels and the construction of a stayed-girder bridge over the Meuse.
These civil engineering works will have cost 500 million Euros and taken 15 years of works.
But the result lives up to the investments and expectations.
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