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World's second big-span steel beam suspension bridge to open to traffic
CGTN | Updated: 2017-08-16 10:17
The 2,390-meter-long Dongting Lake Bridge on the Hangzhou-Ruili expressway is closed on Tuesday morning, indicating that the construction of the trunkline connecting east and southwest China is completed and will soon to open to traffic.[Photo/people.cn]
The 2,390-meter-long Dongting Lake Bridge on the Hangzhou-Ruili expressway was closed on Tuesday morning, indicating that the construction of the trunkline connecting east and southwest China is completed and will soon to open to traffic.
The double-tower, double-span asymmetrical structure, with the main span measuring 1,480 meters, is the world's second big-span steel beam suspension bridge.
"It has such a big span because we have to reserve a place nearby for a navigation hub and a dam that will guarantee both electricity generation and navigation," said Chen Guoping, the general manager of the Dongting Lake Bridge Construction and Development Co. Ltd.
CGTN | Updated: 2017-08-16 10:17
The 2,390-meter-long Dongting Lake Bridge on the Hangzhou-Ruili expressway was closed on Tuesday morning, indicating that the construction of the trunkline connecting east and southwest China is completed and will soon to open to traffic.
The double-tower, double-span asymmetrical structure, with the main span measuring 1,480 meters, is the world's second big-span steel beam suspension bridge.
"It has such a big span because we have to reserve a place nearby for a navigation hub and a dam that will guarantee both electricity generation and navigation," said Chen Guoping, the general manager of the Dongting Lake Bridge Construction and Development Co. Ltd.
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1st steel truss girder of Pingtan cross-strait highway-railway bridge installed
Source: Xinhua| 2017-08-22 17:17:24|Editor: An
Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2017 shows the Pingtan cross-strait highway-railway bridge under construction and a floating crane in southeast China's Fujian Province. A ceremony was held Tuesday to celebrate successful installation of the first steel truss girder of the 16.34-kilometer-long bridge linking Songxia Township of Changle and Pingtan Island. With the weight of about 1,350 tonnes, the girder is 80 meters long and 35.5 meters wide. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
China makes big stride in building world's longest cross-strait road-rail bridge
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China has reported major progress in building the world's longest cross-strait road-rail bridge. Pingtan bridge, which sits in southeast China's Fujian, has its first steel truss installed.
Source: Xinhua| 2017-08-22 17:17:24|Editor: An
New China TV Published on Aug 23, 2017
China has reported major progress in building the world's longest cross-strait road-rail bridge. Pingtan bridge, which sits in southeast China's Fujian, has its first steel truss installed.
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This island will attract lots of investments from Taiwan Province.1st steel truss girder of Pingtan cross-strait highway-railway bridge installed
Source: Xinhua| 2017-08-22 17:17:24|Editor: An
Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2017 shows the Pingtan cross-strait highway-railway bridge under construction and a floating crane in southeast China's Fujian Province. A ceremony was held Tuesday to celebrate successful installation of the first steel truss girder of the 16.34-kilometer-long bridge linking Songxia Township of Changle and Pingtan Island. With the weight of about 1,350 tonnes, the girder is 80 meters long and 35.5 meters wide. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
China makes big stride in building world's longest cross-strait road-rail bridge
Published on Aug 23, 2017
China has reported major progress in building the world's longest cross-strait road-rail bridge. Pingtan bridge, which sits in southeast China's Fujian, has its first steel truss installed.
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What a crazy ten years!China has longest expressway network in the world
Source:Globaltimes.cn Published: 2017/8/29
China has 130,000 km of highways, the most in the world
China now has over 130,000 kilometers of highways nationwide, according to an official census on the country’s expressways. That’s enough to go around the globe more than three times.
Every year since 2011, another 10,000 kilometers has been added to the network. And China now has the world’s largest highway system.
The Jinggang’ao Expressway, which links Beijing to Hong Kong and Macao, is the country’s busiest highway. Every day some 140,000 tons of cargo travels this road and it’s the country’s No 1 expressway for congestion.
It makes sense, as the area around Beijing also has one of the country’s most vibrant economies.
“If you look closely, it’s obvious that highways contribute a lot to the regional economy. The busiest sections, with their traffic, and load capacity, show economic hubs are often linked with highway systems,” said Liu Fang from China Academy of Transportation Sciences.
That’s why China continues to add more pavements.
The Yanhuang Expressway, which runs 800 kilometers along the Yellow River, will open to traffic soon.
“We have very high hopes for the highway’s opening. There will be so many more tourists here. We can sell them dates and introduce them to scenic spots along the route. Our investment will definitely pay off,” said Zhang Tianxiao, a travel agency manager.
The Chinese saying may still hold true after all: Want to get rich? You have to first build a road.
Crazy expressway network
between Wuhan／Zhengzhou in Central China and Xi'an in Western China.
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the expanded expressway network is crucial to the boom of the Chinese car market. Otherwise it is hard to imagine the car market in China could grow from less than 1 million units a year to over 23 million units a year in less than two decades.
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It makes perfect sense....
And if you just look at China east to Tengchong-Mohe line, where 90% Chinese live, the density there is way higher than most developed countries.
It it indeed an achievement.
But, some very populous regions in China need more investment, such as Shandong, Hunan.
To connect every county with controlled-access expressways (excluding some very remote counties in Western China with merely thousands of people) is a must for every province.
Until now, provinces that have achieved such goal including:
Eastern China: Jiangsu
Southern China: Guangdong, Fujian
Central China: Henan, Jiangxi
Western China: Guizhou
Northern China: Liaoning
Guizhou, the poorest province in China, is one of the first to achieve this goal.
It's a shame in my province the time has been delayed to 2020 (every county has expressway, every city has high-speed railway).
Highest expressway in my province.....
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New China TV Published on Sep 2, 2017
Man-made marvel! Tremendous 8-lane highway tunnel complex near completion in Jinan, China. The tunnels will open to traffic by the end of this year.
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Ecological investment soars on plateau's highway project
By HOU LIQIANG | China Daily | Updated: 2017-09-07 09:20
A 1,086-meter bridge near Nyingchi－part of the Lhasa-Nyingchi highway－has been open to traffic since September 2015. [Photo by HOU LIQIANG/CHINA DAILY]
Investment in ecological restoration and protection along a 96-kilometer stretch of the Lhasa-Nyingchi highway has hit 440 million yuan ($67.2 million), almost nine times the originally planned amount, an official said.
While the construction company invested 170 million yuan, the majority of the work was outsourced to special environmental protection companies, according to Song Xiancai, head of the planning and contract section of Nyingchi prefecture in the Tibet autonomous region.
The highway section, along with another 63 kilometers near Lhasa, opened to traffic in September 2015 after 28 months of construction.
All 15 camps for construction workers, as well as all ground disturbed by stockpiles of construction materials, along the Nyingchi section have been restored and planted with grass and trees, Song said.
Nyingchi, which sits at an altitude of about 3,000 meters in southwestern Tibet, is the first stop for many tourists to the region. Many consider it a perfect transfer station where they can adapt to the altitude before heading to Lhasa's even thinner air.
More than 28 local varieties of trees, covering 194 hectares, have been planted along the highway, so that tourists can enjoy diverse plant species, said Zhao Qing, a Nyingchi forestry official.
Among the trees planted were Paeonia ludlowii－literally translated as big yellow-flowered peony－and Tibetan cypress, both of which are State-protected plants, he added.
"We also took local people's interests into consideration and planted a lot of fruit trees. They will be able to pick the fruit when it's ready," Zhao said.
The government encouraged local people to work on the project, or to supply construction materials such as sand or stone.
The total length of the four-lane Lhasa-Nyingchi highway is 409 kilometers. Its total cost is estimated at 32.9 billion yuan. In addition to two tunnels, all the other sections of the toll-free highway were completed in June.
The finished project, which is expected to open to traffic in April, will shorten the journey between Nyingchi and Lhasa to five hours from the current eight.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-09/07/content_31670523.htm
By HOU LIQIANG | China Daily | Updated: 2017-09-07 09:20
A 1,086-meter bridge near Nyingchi－part of the Lhasa-Nyingchi highway－has been open to traffic since September 2015. [Photo by HOU LIQIANG/CHINA DAILY]
Investment in ecological restoration and protection along a 96-kilometer stretch of the Lhasa-Nyingchi highway has hit 440 million yuan ($67.2 million), almost nine times the originally planned amount, an official said.
While the construction company invested 170 million yuan, the majority of the work was outsourced to special environmental protection companies, according to Song Xiancai, head of the planning and contract section of Nyingchi prefecture in the Tibet autonomous region.
The highway section, along with another 63 kilometers near Lhasa, opened to traffic in September 2015 after 28 months of construction.
All 15 camps for construction workers, as well as all ground disturbed by stockpiles of construction materials, along the Nyingchi section have been restored and planted with grass and trees, Song said.
Nyingchi, which sits at an altitude of about 3,000 meters in southwestern Tibet, is the first stop for many tourists to the region. Many consider it a perfect transfer station where they can adapt to the altitude before heading to Lhasa's even thinner air.
More than 28 local varieties of trees, covering 194 hectares, have been planted along the highway, so that tourists can enjoy diverse plant species, said Zhao Qing, a Nyingchi forestry official.
Among the trees planted were Paeonia ludlowii－literally translated as big yellow-flowered peony－and Tibetan cypress, both of which are State-protected plants, he added.
"We also took local people's interests into consideration and planted a lot of fruit trees. They will be able to pick the fruit when it's ready," Zhao said.
The government encouraged local people to work on the project, or to supply construction materials such as sand or stone.
The total length of the four-lane Lhasa-Nyingchi highway is 409 kilometers. Its total cost is estimated at 32.9 billion yuan. In addition to two tunnels, all the other sections of the toll-free highway were completed in June.
The finished project, which is expected to open to traffic in April, will shorten the journey between Nyingchi and Lhasa to five hours from the current eight.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-09/07/content_31670523.htm
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Waiting for Beijing-Tibet Expressway's final sectionEcological investment soars on plateau's highway project
By HOU LIQIANG | China Daily | Updated: 2017-09-07 09:20
A 1,086-meter bridge near Nyingchi－part of the Lhasa-Nyingchi highway－has been open to traffic since September 2015. [Photo by HOU LIQIANG/CHINA DAILY]
Investment in ecological restoration and protection along a 96-kilometer stretch of the Lhasa-Nyingchi highway has hit 440 million yuan ($67.2 million), almost nine times the originally planned amount, an official said.
While the construction company invested 170 million yuan, the majority of the work was outsourced to special environmental protection companies, according to Song Xiancai, head of the planning and contract section of Nyingchi prefecture in the Tibet autonomous region.
The highway section, along with another 63 kilometers near Lhasa, opened to traffic in September 2015 after 28 months of construction.
All 15 camps for construction workers, as well as all ground disturbed by stockpiles of construction materials, along the Nyingchi section have been restored and planted with grass and trees, Song said.
Nyingchi, which sits at an altitude of about 3,000 meters in southwestern Tibet, is the first stop for many tourists to the region. Many consider it a perfect transfer station where they can adapt to the altitude before heading to Lhasa's even thinner air.
More than 28 local varieties of trees, covering 194 hectares, have been planted along the highway, so that tourists can enjoy diverse plant species, said Zhao Qing, a Nyingchi forestry official.
Among the trees planted were Paeonia ludlowii－literally translated as big yellow-flowered peony－and Tibetan cypress, both of which are State-protected plants, he added.
"We also took local people's interests into consideration and planted a lot of fruit trees. They will be able to pick the fruit when it's ready," Zhao said.
The government encouraged local people to work on the project, or to supply construction materials such as sand or stone.
The total length of the four-lane Lhasa-Nyingchi highway is 409 kilometers. Its total cost is estimated at 32.9 billion yuan. In addition to two tunnels, all the other sections of the toll-free highway were completed in June.
The finished project, which is expected to open to traffic in April, will shorten the journey between Nyingchi and Lhasa to five hours from the current eight.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-09/07/content_31670523.htm
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China opens world's highest road tunnel
Source: Xinhua| 2017-09-26 18:54:52|Editor: Zhou Xin
CHENGDU, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The world's highest road tunnel opened to traffic in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday, 15 years after the project was started.
The project, which cuts through Chola Mountain on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, consists of a 7-km tunnel and more than 5 km of auxiliary roads.
In Tibetan, the name Chola means mountains so high that eagles cannot fly over them. The peak stands at 6,168 meters above sea level and is covered with snow eight months of the year.
The tunnel is located above 4,000 meters. Its length, the thin air and low temperatures at that altitude all contributed to the complexity of the construction, said Wei Yanqing, chief designer of the tunnel.
A feasibility study started in 2002 and it took eight years for experts to finalize a plan before construction began in 2012.
The project cost about 1.28 billion yuan (196,900 U.S. dollars), according to Wang Qiang, head of the transport bureau in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, which administrates the project area.
He said the two-way tunnel has a speed limit of 40 kph and takes around 10 minutes to pass through.
Previously vehicles spent more than two hours driving around the mountain on a road threatened by landslides, blizzards and slippery ice, he said.
Source: Xinhua| 2017-09-26 18:54:52|Editor: Zhou Xin
CHENGDU, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The world's highest road tunnel opened to traffic in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday, 15 years after the project was started.
The project, which cuts through Chola Mountain on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, consists of a 7-km tunnel and more than 5 km of auxiliary roads.
In Tibetan, the name Chola means mountains so high that eagles cannot fly over them. The peak stands at 6,168 meters above sea level and is covered with snow eight months of the year.
The tunnel is located above 4,000 meters. Its length, the thin air and low temperatures at that altitude all contributed to the complexity of the construction, said Wei Yanqing, chief designer of the tunnel.
A feasibility study started in 2002 and it took eight years for experts to finalize a plan before construction began in 2012.
The project cost about 1.28 billion yuan (196,900 U.S. dollars), according to Wang Qiang, head of the transport bureau in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, which administrates the project area.
He said the two-way tunnel has a speed limit of 40 kph and takes around 10 minutes to pass through.
Previously vehicles spent more than two hours driving around the mountain on a road threatened by landslides, blizzards and slippery ice, he said.
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Double-deck bridge on Yangtze achieves milestone
(Chinadaily.com.cn) 08:30, September 27, 2017
The Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge is under construction. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The anchorage of Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge on the south bank in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, was completed on Sept 24, marking a breakthrough in the world's longest double-deck highway suspension bridge.
The main bridge is 1,700 meters long and 33 meters wide with 12 lanes in two directions and two decks.
The Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge is under construction. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The upper and lower decks are both 6 lanes with designed speed at 80 and 60 kilometers/hour separately. Besides, pedestrian passageway, non-motorized vehicle lane and sightseeing and leisure area are designed, which makes it the world's most functional bridge.
As an important river-crossing tunnel in the west of the second loop line in Wuhan city, the 10th Yangtze River Bridge connects Hanyang and Wuchang districts which are two of three famous towns in Wuhan.
Located at the upstream of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, the bridge is between Yingwuzhou Yangtze River Bridge and Baishazhou Yangtze River Bridge. The construction of the bridge is expected to be completed and open to traffic in 2019.
An artist's impression of the Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
(Chinadaily.com.cn) 08:30, September 27, 2017
The Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge is under construction. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The anchorage of Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge on the south bank in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, was completed on Sept 24, marking a breakthrough in the world's longest double-deck highway suspension bridge.
The main bridge is 1,700 meters long and 33 meters wide with 12 lanes in two directions and two decks.
The Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge is under construction. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The upper and lower decks are both 6 lanes with designed speed at 80 and 60 kilometers/hour separately. Besides, pedestrian passageway, non-motorized vehicle lane and sightseeing and leisure area are designed, which makes it the world's most functional bridge.
As an important river-crossing tunnel in the west of the second loop line in Wuhan city, the 10th Yangtze River Bridge connects Hanyang and Wuchang districts which are two of three famous towns in Wuhan.
Located at the upstream of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, the bridge is between Yingwuzhou Yangtze River Bridge and Baishazhou Yangtze River Bridge. The construction of the bridge is expected to be completed and open to traffic in 2019.
An artist's impression of the Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
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