China Expressways, Highways: News & Discussions

[AndrewJin]

Build a bridge over busy Beijing-Shanghai Railway !

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[T-123456]

Build a bridge over busy Beijing-Shanghai Railway !

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Do you work in infrastructure or just interested?

 

[AndrewJin]

Do you work in infrastructure or just interested?

Just interested.....my field has zero relation

 

[AndrewJin]

Siduhe Bridge, Hubei Province
Count down to the "abdication" of the title, World's Highest Bridge
Beipanjiang Bridge will soon open to the public with the new title.....

 

[TaiShang]

48-year-old bridge on Yangtze River to undergo major repair
(Xinhua) 09:57, October 22, 2016

Photo taken on Oct. 8, 2016 shows the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province. The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge will be closed for repair for 27 months from Oct. 28. (Xinhua/Su Yang)

The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, the first ever China-designed bridge on the Yangtze, will be closed for a major overhaul.

The maintenance project for the bridge in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, will begin on October 28 and last for 27 months, at cost of about 1.09 billion yuan (161 million U.S. dollars), said the Nanjing municipal government on Friday.

Built in 1968, the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge has a double layer structure. The upper layer is used for highway traffic and is 4,589 meters long and 15 meters wide, while the lower layer is used for trains and is 6,772 meters long and 14 meters wide.

The bridge is one of the longest in China and a landmark structure in Nanjing. It was hailed as an engineering miracle upon its completion.

However, the traffic flow on the bridge is greater than the designed capacity of the bridge, and it needs to be upgraded accordingly. Since 2002, the bridge has undergone 12 small to moderate repairs, but problems with the highway section have not been thoroughly solved.

The restoration work will strengthen the structural safety of the bridge and ensure it lasts longer, while keeping its original appearance, the government said.

While the bridge is closed, vehicles can either use the second Nanjing Yangtze bridge, completed in 2001, or use the tunnels that also cross the river.

 

[AndrewJin]

48-year-old bridge on Yangtze River to undergo major repair
(Xinhua) 09:57, October 22, 2016

Photo taken on Oct. 8, 2016 shows the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province. The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge will be closed for repair for 27 months from Oct. 28. (Xinhua/Su Yang)

The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, the first ever China-designed bridge on the Yangtze, will be closed for a major overhaul.

The maintenance project for the bridge in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, will begin on October 28 and last for 27 months, at cost of about 1.09 billion yuan (161 million U.S. dollars), said the Nanjing municipal government on Friday.

Built in 1968, the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge has a double layer structure. The upper layer is used for highway traffic and is 4,589 meters long and 15 meters wide, while the lower layer is used for trains and is 6,772 meters long and 14 meters wide.

The bridge is one of the longest in China and a landmark structure in Nanjing. It was hailed as an engineering miracle upon its completion.

However, the traffic flow on the bridge is greater than the designed capacity of the bridge, and it needs to be upgraded accordingly. Since 2002, the bridge has undergone 12 small to moderate repairs, but problems with the highway section have not been thoroughly solved.

The restoration work will strengthen the structural safety of the bridge and ensure it lasts longer, while keeping its original appearance, the government said.

While the bridge is closed, vehicles can either use the second Nanjing Yangtze bridge, completed in 2001, or use the tunnels that also cross the river.

They need more bridges and tunnels....
Nanjing No.1 Bridge is congested every day....

1968

 

[TaiShang]

World's first multiple-span cable-stayed bridge to open in Hunan
(CRI Online) 08:57, October 25, 2016



The world's first multiple-span cable-stayed bridge in Chishi in South China's Hunan Province is near completion. The Chishi bridge project started in 2010 and will open to traffic on Friday. The bridge is a critical part of the Xiamen Chengdu Expressway project and spans 1,500m across the valley with an average height of 270m. [Photo: dfic.cn]


The world's first multiple-span cable-stayed bridge in Chishi in South China's Hunan Province is near completion. The Chishi bridge project started in 2010 and will open to traffic on Friday. The bridge is a critical part of the Xiamen Chengdu Expressway project and spans 1,500m across the valley with an average height of 270m. [Photo: dfic.cn]


The world's first multiple-span cable-stayed bridge in Chishi in South China's Hunan Province is near completion. The Chishi bridge project started in 2010 and will open to traffic on Friday. The bridge is a critical part of the Xiamen Chengdu Expressway project and spans 1,500m across the valley with an average height of 270m. [Photo: dfic.cn]

The world's first multiple-span cable-stayed bridge in Chishi in South China's Hunan Province is near completion. The Chishi bridge project started in 2010 and will open to traffic on Friday. The bridge is a critical part of the Xiamen Chengdu Expressway project and spans 1,500m across the valley with an average height of 270m. [Photo: dfic.cn]

 

[AndrewJin]

World's first multiple-span cable-stayed bridge to open in Hunan
(CRI Online) 08:57, October 25, 2016



The world's first multiple-span cable-stayed bridge in Chishi in South China's Hunan Province is near completion. The Chishi bridge project started in 2010 and will open to traffic on Friday. The bridge is a critical part of the Xiamen Chengdu Expressway project and spans 1,500m across the valley with an average height of 270m. [Photo: dfic.cn]


The world's first multiple-span cable-stayed bridge in Chishi in South China's Hunan Province is near completion. The Chishi bridge project started in 2010 and will open to traffic on Friday. The bridge is a critical part of the Xiamen Chengdu Expressway project and spans 1,500m across the valley with an average height of 270m. [Photo: dfic.cn]


The world's first multiple-span cable-stayed bridge in Chishi in South China's Hunan Province is near completion. The Chishi bridge project started in 2010 and will open to traffic on Friday. The bridge is a critical part of the Xiamen Chengdu Expressway project and spans 1,500m across the valley with an average height of 270m. [Photo: dfic.cn]

The world's first multiple-span cable-stayed bridge in Chishi in South China's Hunan Province is near completion. The Chishi bridge project started in 2010 and will open to traffic on Friday. The bridge is a critical part of the Xiamen Chengdu Expressway project and spans 1,500m across the valley with an average height of 270m. [Photo: dfic.cn]

This the 16th of the 18 west-east horizontal national expressways.
The final section finally finishes construction!

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[Zain Malik]

World's first multiple-span cable-stayed bridge to open in Hunan
(CRI Online) 08:57, October 25, 2016



The world's first multiple-span cable-stayed bridge in Chishi in South China's Hunan Province is near completion. The Chishi bridge project started in 2010 and will open to traffic on Friday. The bridge is a critical part of the Xiamen Chengdu Expressway project and spans 1,500m across the valley with an average height of 270m. [Photo: dfic.cn]


The world's first multiple-span cable-stayed bridge in Chishi in South China's Hunan Province is near completion. The Chishi bridge project started in 2010 and will open to traffic on Friday. The bridge is a critical part of the Xiamen Chengdu Expressway project and spans 1,500m across the valley with an average height of 270m. [Photo: dfic.cn]


The world's first multiple-span cable-stayed bridge in Chishi in South China's Hunan Province is near completion. The Chishi bridge project started in 2010 and will open to traffic on Friday. The bridge is a critical part of the Xiamen Chengdu Expressway project and spans 1,500m across the valley with an average height of 270m. [Photo: dfic.cn]

The world's first multiple-span cable-stayed bridge in Chishi in South China's Hunan Province is near completion. The Chishi bridge project started in 2010 and will open to traffic on Friday. The bridge is a critical part of the Xiamen Chengdu Expressway project and spans 1,500m across the valley with an average height of 270m. [Photo: dfic.cn]

No words to explain
That it's impressive and awesome.

 

[yantong1980]

Those Chisi Bridge is look like monument than a bridge, or 'monumental' looking bridge!

 

[AndrewJin]

No words to explain
That it's impressive and awesome.

The majority of China's crazy bridges are in Guizhou Province including nearly all the Top10 world's highest bridges.

 

[Place Of Space]

This the 16th of the 18 west-east horizontal national expressways.
The final section finally finishes construction!

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@grey boy 2 @Lure @eldarlmari @onebyone @cirr

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Horrible bridges!

 

[AndrewJin]

Reversible lanes introduced in S China to ease traffic jam
Two zipper lanes have been put into use in south China's city of Shenzhen to expand the capacity of one direction of the road to improve traffic. The direction-changing lanes are created by a "zipper van," which can pick up and pave concrete barriers on the road to switch the direction of the existing lanes. Follow us to see how it works.

 

[JSCh]

Great!!!

An expressway is being built from Ya'an to Kangding via Luding County!
This will be the first section of Chengdu-Lhasa expreesway!! (Chengdu-Ya'an is part of G5 Beijing-Kunming Expressway, the famous ladder road)

This video shows the original highway 318 around Luding County
And you can see the highway bridge over Daduhe River.
I've been to this place for many times...So I can tell, this video is about from the suburban Luding County deep in the valley, cross the river to the east, then climb up the mountain. At the end, you can see Tunnel Erlangshan. Without this tunnel, you have to spend 2 more hours on the zigzag roads. However, using the tunnel means you will miss a very good platform to view the mighty 7556m high Mount Gongga!

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Concerning the new expressway and the new high bridge over the river,
here is the news and updates....

Daduhe Bridge Luding (2018) 泸定大渡河特大桥
Luding County, Sichuan Province, Western China
(919) feet high / (280) meters high
3,609 foot span / 1,100 meter span

http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Daduhe_Bridge_Luding
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Crossing a wide reservoir from a downstream dam just north of Luding city, the giant Daduhe suspension bridge is the largest structure on the Ya'an to Kangding expressway. Like many of China's Westernmost highways, this extension from the G5 expressway came many years after the more populous cities had already been connected in northern and eastern Sichuan Province. The Kanding route was especially difficult to construct with an amazing 82% of the road on bridges or in tunnels.

Located at kilometer 99, the alignment chosen for the Daduhe Bridge resulted in an unusual design for the east end where the anchorages had to be placed high up inside the steep mountain slope. To avoid compromising the strength of the deep underground anchorage, the engineers split the east-west lanes apart into tunnels separated by more then 100 meters, keeping the alignment off to the sides of the cable anchorage. The deck of the Daduhe Bridge is approximately 235 meters above the full lake level or 280 meters to the original level of the Dadu River.

The construction of the truss will follow an unusual pattern first implemented on the Aizhai Bridge in Hunan Province where each truss piece will be pulled and rolled along with wheel bogies that travel along horizontal wires hanging from the suspender cables. The wheel bogies travel back to the cliff side staging area to carry another truss section out and the process repeats until the truss is completed.

Luding was already one of the most famous cities in Western China for its legendary chain bridge of 100 meters that ranked among the longest suspension bridges in the world since its completion in 1701. Several historic battles have taken place at or near the chain bridge due to its strategic importance, most notably during the Long March in 1935.

The Daduhe Bridge at Luding is one of at least a dozen major suspension bridges that have opened in China since 2009 that have span lengths of approximately a kilometer or longer and deck heights of 200 to 500 meters.


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Luding County
Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Population: 86k
Area: 2165km2
GDP per capita: $ 3500

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Luding County is the gateway to Mount Gongga.
The entrance of Hailuoguo Glacier National Park is at the town of Moxi.

Moxi Ancient Town
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Take the cablecar to the glacier at the foot of 7556m Mount Gongga
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Ya'an-Kangding expressway enters core construction stage
(Ecns.cn) 19:34, October 26, 2016

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A geographic illustration of an expressway linking Ya’an to Kangding, both cities in Sichuan Province. The expressway has entered into its core stage of construction, and it is now the best time to view the site and surrounding areas. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)

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A view of an expressway linking Ya’an to Kangding, both cities in Sichuan Province. The expressway has entered into its core stage of construction, and it is now the best time to view the site and surrounding areas. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)

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A view of an expressway linking Ya’an to Kangding, both cities in Sichuan Province. The expressway has entered into its core stage of construction, and it is now the best time to view the site and surrounding areas. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)

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A view of an expressway linking Ya’an to Kangding, both cities in Sichuan Province. The expressway has entered into its core stage of construction, and it is now the best time to view the site and surrounding areas. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)

A geographic illustration of an expressway linking Ya’an to Kangding, both cities in Sichuan Province. The expressway has entered into its core stage of construction, and it is now the best time to view the site and surrounding areas. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)

More->Ya'an-Kangding expressway enters core construction stage - People's Daily Online

 

[AndrewJin]

Drone Team of Shenzhen Traffic Police

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