China Expressways, Highways: News & Discussions

[TaiShang]

Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge renovation plans to take 27 months
(Xinhua) October 29, 2016



Workers set road blocks at the entrance to the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 28, 2016. Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was closed on Friday night for renovation after it was put into use for 48 years. The renovation project is planned to take 27 months. While the bridge is closed, vehicles can either use the second Nanjing Yangtze bridge, completed in 2001, or the tunnels below the river. (Xinhua/Sun Can)



The last car drives on the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge before it was closed in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 28, 2016. Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was closed on Friday night for renovation after it was put into use for 48 years. The renovation project is planned to take 27 months. While the bridge is closed, vehicles can either use the second Nanjing Yangtze bridge, completed in 2001, or the tunnels below the river. (Xinhua/Sun Can)



Workers set road blocks at the entrance to the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 28, 2016. Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was closed on Friday night for renovation after it was put into use for 48 years. The renovation project is planned to take 27 months. While the bridge is closed, vehicles can either use the second Nanjing Yangtze bridge, completed in 2001, or the tunnels below the river. (Xinhua/Sun Can)



Cars drive on the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 28, 2016. Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was closed on Friday night for renovation after it was put into use for 48 years. The renovation project is planned to take 27 months. While the bridge is closed, vehicles can either use the second Nanjing Yangtze bridge, completed in 2001, or the tunnels below the river. (Xinhua/Sun Can)



Workers set road blocks at the entrance to the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 28, 2016. Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was closed on Friday night for renovation after it was put into use for 48 years. The renovation project is planned to take 27 months. While the bridge is closed, vehicles can either use the second Nanjing Yangtze bridge, completed in 2001, or the tunnels below the river. (Xinhua/Sun Can)



Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2016 shows the closed Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province. Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was closed on Friday night for renovation after it was put into use for 48 years. The renovation project is planned to take 27 months. While the bridge is closed, vehicles can either use the second Nanjing Yangtze bridge, completed in 2001, or the tunnels below the river. (Xinhua/Sun Can)



Workers set signs reading "road closed" at the entrance to the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 28, 2016. Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was closed on Friday night for renovation after it was put into use for 48 years. The renovation project is planned to take 27 months. While the bridge is closed, vehicles can either use the second Nanjing Yangtze bridge, completed in 2001, or the tunnels below the river. (Xinhua/Sun Can)

Workers set signs reading "road closed" at the entrance to the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 28, 2016. Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was closed on Friday night for renovation after it was put into use for 48 years. The renovation project is planned to take 27 months. While the bridge is closed, vehicles can either use the second Nanjing Yangtze bridge, completed in 2001, or the tunnels below the river. (Xinhua/Sun Can)

 

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[AndrewJin]

The highest and largest high-speed railway arch and Guangzhao dam
世界高铁第一桥与光照水电站

http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Beipanjiang_Railway_Bridge_Qinglong

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[anant_s]

WOW!
Kudos to Chinese Civil Engineers and construction group

 

[AndrewJin]

Driving in Tibet
Linzhi- Lhasa - Shigaste -Tingri - Mt. Everest Base Camp

I am quite impressed to see the road from Tingri to EBC has been upgraded to asphalt road....
Last time I was there, the condition was not good.....
I felt really uncomfortable because of the road condition+ altitude sickness at 5km

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2011
When the weather is good, several 8km peaks can be seen
5000+m above the sea level at the highest point of this zigzag highway

 

[Zain Malik]

Driving in Tibet
Linzhi- Lhasa - Shigaste -Tingri - Mt. Everest Base Camp

I am quite impressed to see the road from Tingri to EBC has been upgraded to asphalt road....
Last time I was there, the condition was not good.....

@Zain Malik @Malik Abdullah @Huan @Lure @terranMarine et al


2011
When the weather is good, several 8km peaks can be seen
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Waoo..Means we can able to see Godwin Austin if it is in Paksitan.
Good Find.

 

[AndrewJin]

Balinghe bridge in mist
雾中坝陵河大桥

http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Balinghe_Bridge

 

[AndrewJin]

Aerial view Shenchuan bridge in Tiger Leaping Gorge
航拍虎跳峡神川大桥

Shenchuan bridge, a 122m span,110m high arch, near two giant suspension bridges under construction:
660m span, 250m high Jinshajiang railway bridge Hutiaoxia
and 766m span,260m high Jinshajiang expressway bridge Hutiaoxia.

Located deep within the Tiger Leaping gorge of the Yangtze River, the Shenchuan arch bridge was constructed across a deep chasm carved by a cascading stream that tumbles another 100 meters down into the Yangtze River. One of the most popular tourist spots in all of western China, the area was named after a legend that the river is so narrow at the bottom of the gorge that a tiger was able to leap across it. The mountain peaks on either side of the valley rise as much as 3000 meters above river level. Hiking trails and overnight guest houses are located high up on the north side of the river canyon and cater to thousands of tourists from around the world. The bridge is located on the low path road about 10 miles (16 kms) north of Qiaotou next to Tina’s Guesthouse above the Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge.

http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Shenchuan_Bridge

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[AndrewJin]

One expressway bridge and one railway bridge
are under construction at Tiger Leaper Gorge
Lijiang/Shangri-La, Yunnan Province, Southwest China


The left Jinshajiang Hutiaoxia crossing is the expressway bridge and the right crossing is the railway bridge.

http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Jinshajiang_Bridge_Hutiaoxia

http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Jinshajiang_Railway_Bridge_Hutiaoxia

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[AndrewJin]

Tiger Leaping Gorge
At the border of Lijiang City and Shangri-La County

The main parking area for tour buses headed into the Tiger Leaping Gorge. The mountains in the background rise almost 4,000 meters from the river to the highest peaks. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

The City of Lijiang
gateway to Tiger Leaping Gorge, Lugu Lake, Shangri-la, Mount Meili and Tibet

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[AndrewJin]

The Highest Bridge on the Open Water
Qingcaobei Yangtze River Bridge

Although 120m-high, 788m-span Qingcaobei Yangtze River Bridge cannot be compared with those high mountain bridges, it is the highest bridge ever build on the open water, which means straits or rivers where large vessels can sail. The Famous Akashi Kaikyo bridge, Great Belt bridge, Golden Gate bridge,Tsing Ma bridge,etc, only have 65-70m height at most. Until end of 2017 it will be surpassed by 185m high,1050m span Fuma Yangtze River bridge. Located in Fuling city,Chongqing,China.

The Fuling Qingcaobei Yangtze River Bridge is the third longest span across the Yangtze to be located upstream of the 3 Gorges Dam. Completed in 2013, the 788 meter suspension span uses a thin steel box deck supported by towers as tall as 183.44 meters. The most unusual design element of the bridge is the use of a cantilevered double beam span of 90+90 meters on the south end. This is the only suspension bridge in the world I know of that has a prestressed beam span for the approach span leading up to the main suspension span. Located at kilometer 49 on the Fengfu expressway, the bridge has normal approach spans of 35 meters for a total length of 1,652 meters. The deck height is approximately 100 meters to the full 3 Gorges reservoir or 120 meters to the original Yangtze River level.

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[JSCh]

Tibet less remote as world's highest road tunnel opens
(Xinhua) 16:23, November 10, 2016

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Builders on Thursday finished work on the world's highest road tunnel on the Sichuan-Tibet highway.The tunnel passes through the main peak of Chola Mountain which is 6,168 m above sea level, shortening the time from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, to Nagqu in Tibet by two hours, and avoiding the most dangerous section on the highway.[Photo: people.cn]

Builders on Thursday finished work on the world's highest road tunnel on the Sichuan-Tibet highway.

The tunnel passes through the main peak of Chola Mountain which is 6,168 m above sea level, shortening the time from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, to Nagqu in Tibet by two hours, and avoiding the most dangerous section on the highway.

The tunnel, with two lanes in each direction, has been under construction since 2012. It will open to traffic in 2017.

The current 40-km precipitous mountain highway in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze takes over two hours to traverse, with dangers from avalanches and rockfalls not to mention the extreme cold and low oxygen level.

Built at a cost of 1.15 billion yuan (170 million U.S. dollars), the 7-km tunnel only takes ten minutes to go through.

The highway will be able to accommodate 4,000 to 5,000 vehicles a day, as compared with around 1,500 before.

"It has been the most difficult tunnel that China Railway ever built," said Yao Zhijun, chief engineer of the project.

Built in 1951, Sichuan-Tibet Highway was China's first highway in Tibet. There are now two more major highways -- the Qinghai-Tibet highway and Xinjiang-Tibet highway.

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[AndrewJin]

Tibet less remote as world's highest road tunnel opens
(Xinhua) 16:23, November 10, 2016

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Builders on Thursday finished work on the world's highest road tunnel on the Sichuan-Tibet highway.The tunnel passes through the main peak of Chola Mountain which is 6,168 m above sea level, shortening the time from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, to Nagqu in Tibet by two hours, and avoiding the most dangerous section on the highway.[Photo: people.cn]

Builders on Thursday finished work on the world's highest road tunnel on the Sichuan-Tibet highway.

The tunnel passes through the main peak of Chola Mountain which is 6,168 m above sea level, shortening the time from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, to Nagqu in Tibet by two hours, and avoiding the most dangerous section on the highway.

The tunnel, with two lanes in each direction, has been under construction since 2012. It will open to traffic in 2017.

The current 40-km precipitous mountain highway in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze takes over two hours to traverse, with dangers from avalanches and rockfalls not to mention the extreme cold and low oxygen level.

Built at a cost of 1.15 billion yuan (170 million U.S. dollars), the 7-km tunnel only takes ten minutes to go through.

The highway will be able to accommodate 4,000 to 5,000 vehicles a day, as compared with around 1,500 before.

"It has been the most difficult tunnel that China Railway ever built," said Yao Zhijun, chief engineer of the project.

Built in 1951, Sichuan-Tibet Highway was China's first highway in Tibet. There are now two more major highways -- the Qinghai-Tibet highway and Xinjiang-Tibet highway.

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Highways in mountainous regions are all under massive upgrading projects to be transformed to tunnels!


Aerial view: the most beautiful road in E China city
This 615-meter-long stone pavement is hailed as the most beautiful road in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. The road inside the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum is lined by 12 pairs of animal statues that guard the tomb. Click the video to enjoy the picturesque view in autumn.

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[Species]

Highways in mountainous regions are all under massive upgrading projects to be transformed to tunnels!


Aerial view: the most beautiful road in E China city
This 615-meter-long stone pavement is hailed as the most beautiful road in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. The road inside the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum is lined by 12 pairs of animal statues that guard the tomb. Click the video to enjoy the picturesque view in autumn.

@Species @Maira La @Bilal9 @T-Rex @AViet @ahojunk

Would be a treat to jog on this road!

 

[AndrewJin]

Would be a treat to jog on this road!

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