Abstract:In order to ensure the traffic functions of tunnel, to realize the connection of the urban underwater tunnel and the off-shore roads, to solve the problem of the minimum overburden thickness of tunnel underwater section by mining method, through the discussion on the determination method of the minimum overburden thickness of underwater tunnel at home and abroad, and aiming at the minimum overburden thickness of the underwater section of Zhangjiang Tunnel in Rongjiang Road IV of Ganzhou City in Jiangxi Province, a more economic and reasonable determination method is proposed. The construction risk is determined by this method through the adoption of engineering technical measures and by means of risk analysis, numerical calculation and monitoring measurement. Combined with the traffic functions, economic analysis and social benefits, the optimization scheme of the minimum overburden thickness is determined. Finally, the proposed determination method is summarized.