An interval shield tunnel in Shanghai encountered tunnel lining collapse due to construction of the cross-passage. The limited depth freezing method with four rows of freeze-tubes placed in vertical holes drilled from the surface was applied as an aid to recover the collapse tunnel to form a frozen soil wall,which was used to resist the soil and water pressure and fix the undamaged tunnel lining between the undamaged tunnel and the collapsed tunnel. Due to the frozen soil containing disturbed sands and silts subjected to high groundwater pressures,the in-situ monitor of the development and changing features of the temperature field in the frozen soil wall was applied to supervise the construction. By analyzing the monitored data,the differences of the temperature fields inside and outside of the rows of the freeze-tubes are discussed in two ways,from vertical and horizontal directions,respectively. The time of frozen soil wall closure and the velocity of the growth are calculated during the primary freeze period. In view of the fact that the present formula to calculate the frozen curtain thickness and the average temperature are not applicable to calculate the multi-row freezing;the double-row formula is introduced,and an average temperature formula by graphing method is deduced for the first time. By these two formulas,the characters of the temperature field in the frozen soil wall are analyzed. The thickness and the average emperature of the frozen soil wall are calculated at the end of the primary freeze period. The single side thickness and the growth velocity of the frozen soil wall are also calculated during the freezing period.