the completed tunnel will consist of
![](https://framerusercontent.com/images/j4pRZiNa1Y61F5IkCdAd7OET13A.png)
tunnel segments
Tunnel segments
79
building the tunnel will need the same amount of steel as
eiffel towers
Steel used
50
building the tunnel will need a factory with the same area as
140
football fields
Factory area
once it's done…
Due to 12.000 cars per day driving the shorter route from Hamburg to Copenhagen they won't be driving
160 km they would otherwise need to.
So every 29.2s a 50-l-tank of gas
will be saved.
every 29.2s
a tank of gas
will be saved
Of course this calculation does not take into account the traffic this tunnel will produce due to it motivating people to "quickly do the journey" that would otherwise just not go there.