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hydraulic failure of surrounding soil, caused by considerable inflow of meltwater. The failure affected a 6-metre (20 ft) section of the tunnel, and 400 cubic metres (14,000 cu ft) of rock and soil had to be removed to remedy the situation. The incident, however, caused no delay of completion schedule.
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409:"Primjena cijevnog štita na tunelima Javorova Kosa i Pod Vugleš"
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358:[Podvugleš road tunnel] (in Croatian). Konstruktor
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306:References
150:Pod Vugleš
134:Ravna Gora
70:14°58′03″E
67:45°22′32″N
146:Podvugleš
95:Route map
289:See also
130:Vrbovsko
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51:Overview
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