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Old March 26th 17, 09:15 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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ember.org, at 08:56:48 on Sun, 26 Mar 2017, Recliner
remarked:

One limiting factor on tunnel size is that they have to bear the weight of
575 tonne A380s a few metres above.


You've not seen the highway tunnels with their portals only metres away
from the runways at Schiphol? https://goo.gl/maps/K5NbbmjqqL42


Seen and travelled through them.


Good. You'll therefore note that much wider and much shallower tunnels
don't collapse under the weight of huge planes.
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Roland Perry