WATCH: Giant tunnel element arrives in Antwerp

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The first of eight giant elements that will eventually make up a tunnel connecting parts of Antwerp underneath the River Scheldt has arrived in the city.

The concrete elements each measure 160 metres in length by 42 metres in width and 10 metres in height. They weigh 60,000 tonnes each. For towage, they were lowered into the water with a draft of 8.6 metres, leaving just 140 centimetres above the water. 

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