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This paper presents a novel algorithm to extract tunnel steel arches. Firstly, we propose a refined function for calibrating the tunnel axis by minimizing the density variance of the projected point cloud. Secondly, we segment the rock surface from the tunnel point cloud by using the region-growing method with the parameters obtained by analyzing the tunnel section sequence. Finally, a Directed Edge Growing (DEG) method is proposed to detect steel arches on the rock surface in the tunnel. Our experiment in the highway tunnels under construction in Changsha (China) shows that the proposed algorithm can effectively extract the points of the edge of steel arches from 3D LiDAR point cloud of the tunnel without manual assistance. 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