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Pregnana Artificial Tunnel (MI)
This intricate and impressive prefabricated work is an example of how Generale Prefabbricati can manufacture prefabricated structures for even the most complex projects regarded as “works of art”. Italy’s first artificial tunnel is entirely constructed of prefabricated material.


Our scrupulous design was made for CAV.TO.MI under the supervision of ITALFERR and Ferrovie dello Stato (RFI) (Italian State Railways). The tunnel has a total length of 570 m and consists of two 24 m-wide side-by-side shafts. The pillars withstanding the deck weigh more than 70 tonnes and have a cross-section of 100×200 cm for a height of approximately 11 m. The beams that make up the deck are inverted T-beams placed side by side with a 100 cm base and 220 cm height. The centre wall dividing the two shafts was constructed with a double slab with a total width of 140 cm, completed with on-site casting.