Roland Perry wrote:
In message
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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.

Yes, I do have engineering degrees, and am familiar with the concept of
load-bearing beams. But the greater the span, the deeper the beams.

Incidentally, CDG also has public vehicle and passenger tunnels under
taxiways. And Heathrow has a lot more vehicle and rail tunnels than the
public ones from the M4 and A4 to the central area.