Abstract:The South Zhongshan Road Tunnel in Shanghai is located in the South Bund area of the Bund Financial Agglomeration Zone, is an important node of the east line of the three vertical arterial roads, connects to the Bund Tunnel in the north and the Nanpu Bridge in the south, and is an integrated underground space development project. The construction aim of the project is at the upgrading of the arterial road function of South Zhongshan Road, the improvement of ground road quality along the waterfront, and the promotion of the development of underground space in the South Bund waterfront area and hinterland. The strategy of "separating the through traffic, sewing up the ground space, and integrating the underground space" is adopted in the design. By constructing the tunnel, the underground continuity of the arterial roads is ensured, and by separating the through traffic at ground, the environmental quality is improved. Combined with the tunnel construction, the space beneath the road is comprehensively developed to integrate the underground spaces on both sides of the plots. And the relationship among transportation, development and ground landscape has been properly handled. The implementation of this project demonstrates that the comprehensive development of underground space is an effective solution to the conflicts between transportation and development in core urban areas, which provides the valuable insights for similar projects.