China Expressways, Highways: News & Discussions

[Keel]

wow china is so advanced compared to india, there isn't even a comparison between the two countries.

if china is a 3rd world country then india is 10th world country.

Ouch you are bruising their huge egos!

Let's have a rest from modernity,
enjoy some ancient bridges in Fenghuang ancient town.

Fenghuang town, Hunan Province, Central China

@Godman @AViet @Keel @powastick @ahojunk @The Eagle et al

Was the ancient town burnt down by a terrible fire some time back?

 

[AndrewJin]

wow china is so advanced compared to india, there isn't even a comparison between the two countries.

if china is a 3rd world country then india is 10th world country.

China is a developing country.

The national plan is as following:
Moderately prosperous society by 2020 (1979-2019)
Moderately developed by 2050(1949-2049).
around 2080 developed

China will remain a solid devolving country in the next 50 years, prioritising infra construction especially in Western China.

Ouch you are bruising their huge egos!



Was the ancient town burnt down by a terrible fire some time back?

No, that was Shangri-La country.
I've been there before and after fire, only a tiny part was destroyed.
When I returned there, rebuilding had been finished.
Now expressway and railway linking Lijiang to Shangri-la are being built, eventually reaching Lhasa.

 

[Keel]

@AndrewJin : Thanks for replying. Shangrila is in Yunnan province, isn't it?

When I searched the net I found this:

火烧凤凰古城 网友酸天怒人怨
2013年04月20日 02:10
记者卢素梅／综合报导

 

[yusheng]

南京大胜关大桥

 

[AndrewJin]

@AndrewJin : Thanks for replying. Shangrila is in Yunnan province, isn't it?

When I searched the net I found this:

火烧凤凰古城 网友酸天怒人怨
2013年04月20日 02:10
记者卢素梅／综合报导

Just a couple of riverside restaurants, not the core historical buildings. The case in shangrila county was way worse.

南京大胜关大桥
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This is the most important project on Shanghai-Beijing HSR. There are three railways on this bridge, Shanghai-Beijing HSR, Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu HSR and one local subway.

 

[AndrewJin]

Longjiang Bridge in Spring

The service centre at one side of the bridge looks so crowded.
It seems that this bridge and this expressway is not only vital for transport in Tengchong County at Sino-Burma border, but also for local tourism.

 

[yusheng]

 

[AndrewJin]

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There was no this bridge with lights when I traveled on that railway bridge 5 years ago.

 

[TaiShang]

Aerial photos show Anhui segment of Huizhou-Hangzhou Highway in east China
(Xinhua) 09:25, March 30, 2017


Aerial photo taken on March 29, 2017 shows the Anhui segment of Huizhou-Hangzhou Highway in east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Pan Cheng)


Aerial photo taken on March 29, 2017 shows the Anhui segment of Huizhou-Hangzhou Highway in east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Pan Cheng)

Aerial photo taken on March 29, 2017 shows the Anhui segment of Huizhou-Hangzhou Highway in east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Pan Cheng)

 

[AndrewJin]

Aerial photos show Anhui segment of Huizhou-Hangzhou Highway in east China
(Xinhua) 09:25, March 30, 2017


Aerial photo taken on March 29, 2017 shows the Anhui segment of Huizhou-Hangzhou Highway in east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Pan Cheng)


Aerial photo taken on March 29, 2017 shows the Anhui segment of Huizhou-Hangzhou Highway in east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Pan Cheng)

Aerial photo taken on March 29, 2017 shows the Anhui segment of Huizhou-Hangzhou Highway in east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Pan Cheng)

So beautiful. Is it the new expressway?

 

[samsara]

China to build 30,000 new kilometers of railway before 2020

By Sun Wenyu (People's Daily Online) 2017-02-27

The total mileage of China's domestic railway system is expected to grow by 30,000 kilometers before 2020, according to the country's Minister of Transport, Li Xiaopeng, at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on Feb. 27. One-third of the increased mileage will consist of high-speed rail, Li added.

Li noted that the total mileage of roads will be expanded by 320,000 kilometers during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020). The country will also build more than 300 quay berths above the level of 10,000 DWT, in addition to 50 civil air ports.

According to the comprehensive plan for the development of transportation, total investment in transportation during that 13th Five-Year Plan period will be as much as 15 trillion RMB ($2.18 trillion); up to three-quarters of that amount will go toward railways and roads. Railway investment in 2017 alone is expected to reach 800 billion RMB. By 2020, China will have built a comprehensive modern transportation system that is safe, convenient, efficient and green.

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0227/c90000-9183200.html

 

[AndrewJin]

The Largest Artificial Island Airport in The World

Xiamen's new airport is located between Dadeng Island and Xiaodeng Island:
N24.545412, E118.359883
First-stage project covers an area of 31 square kilometers, 26 square kilometers come from sea reclamation.
The first stage includes two 3800m runways and 0.53 square kilometer terminal 1.
This airport will have four 3800m runways which can handled 80 million passengers each year
The first-stage project will be larger than Hongkong Airport (8 square kilometers come from sea reclamation) and Kansai Airport (10.5 square kilometers come from sea reclamation) combined.
Subway line 3, 4 and 8 will serve the new airport.

 

[samsara]

@AndrewJin : Thanks for replying. Shangrila is in Yunnan province, isn't it?

When I searched the net I found this:

火烧凤凰古城 网友酸天怒人怨
2013年04月20日 02:10
记者卢素梅／综合报导

Located at point where Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan all meet, Shangri-La County is administered by Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. In the past, it was called Zhongdian or "Jiantang" in Tibetan. In ancient times, it together with Batang (in Tibet) and Litang (in Sichuan) was the fiefdom of the three sons of a Tibetan King. In 2002, Zhongdian changed its name to Shangri-La.

At an average altitude of more than 3,000 meters, the county is very difficult to be reached. Without railways leading there, the chief means of transportation is motor vehicles.

To get there, visitors will typically begin their journey in Kunming, traveling first to Lijiang and then taking the long-distance bus in Lijiang to get there. It's about 175 kilometers from Lijiang to Shangri-La. On this way, the Tiger Leaping Gorge can be seen.

https://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/yunnan/shangri-la/

As said above for tourist the trip to Shangri-La is usually combined with Kunming, Dali, Lijiang then Shangri-La, been there last summer, from Kunming all the ways upward by tourist bus up to Shangri-La (then took flight back to Kunming)... awesome to experience some parts of Yunnan, the most diversified province in China! In every city & town I visited there people love to gather for singing & dancing in public parks in the afternoon, at own initiatives (I'm talking about the ordinary people not the organized performers)... the song of "Naxi Qingge" 《纳西情歌》 (Love song of Naxi people) was overheard everywhere, love it... bought loads of CDs there

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Bridge in heaven! Siduhe Bridge 四渡河特大桥 is shrouded in mist after rainfall in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in central China's Hubei.

Xinhua News 2017.04.04

 

[yantong1980]

Man....that four image of Siduhe bridge could become blockbuster movie poster.

 

[cirr]

Engineering feat takes shape in Sichuan

By Chen Ziyan(chinadaily.com.cn)

Updated: 2017-04-06 10:12:26

Workers install the first main cable backstay of Xingkangte Bridge, April 5, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

Spanning 1,100 meters across Luding River in Ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Sichuan province, the first main cable backstay of Xingkangte Bridge, part of an expressway that links Ya'an city and Kangding county in the province, has been successfully installed on Wednesday.

The project is the first suspension bridge in the province that has been built in a highly active seismic zone with complicated wind field and large span. Around 34,034 steel cables will be used in the construction, with the total length reaching 60,000 kilometers if all the cables are laid together in a single line, which is equivalent to 1.5 times of the circumference of the earth.

According to an earlier report, a drone was also used during the construction of the bridge.

The bridge has dual carriage way with four lanes of traffic in each direction, allowing the vehicles to travel at 80 kilometers per hour.

The 135-kilometer-long expressway from Ya'an to Kangding, is scheduled to be completed by August 2018, will cut the travel time from Ya'an to Kangding from the current four hours to two.

An aerial view of the bridge under construction, April 5, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

Workers install the first main cable backstay of Xingkangte Bridge, April 5, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

An aerial view of the bridge under construction, April 5, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

An aerial view of the bridge under construction, April 5, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

An aerial view of the bridge under construction, April 5, 2017. [Photo/VCG]


Workers install the first main cable backstay of Xingkangte Bridge, April 5, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

http://m.chinadaily.com.cn/en/2017-04/06/content_28815397.htm

http://news.qq.com/a/20170406/012884.htm?t=1491442183500#p=1