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Challenges related to winter operations in urban highway tunnels

Tunnels and winter service appear to be two topics without much overlap, but in reality the road's corrosive environment during winter permeates the structures; appropriate equipment and maintenance strategies need to be developed, e.g. for the electronics sector, such an approach is described in the article dedicated to Quebec's urban tunnels.

  • Information sheet

    • Date: 2014
    • Author(s): DEBS Alexandre
    • Domain(s): Winter Service
    • Type: RR361-076-Features
    • PIARC Ref.: RR361-076
    • Number of pages: 6
  • This article has been published in the Routes/Roads magazine

    N° 361

    1er trimestre 2014 / Janvier

    Congrès de la Viabilité hivernale