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Special transportation of large and heavy parts of a tunnel boring machine

Support for the construction of the second tube of the Gotthard tunnel

Last week, EMIL EGGER AG delivered two of the largest and heaviest parts of the tunnel boring machine for the second tube of the Gotthard tunnel.
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Thanks to detailed planning and perfect teamwork, all the narrow sections of the Axenstrasse were mastered quickly and the entire route from Schwanau (Germany) was covered in just two nights.

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