China Expressways, Highways: News & Discussions

[AndrewJin]

Lanzhou-Haikou Expressway Zunyi-Guiyang section upgrading project opens!

Zuiyi-Guiyang section connects Guizhou Province' two biggest cities.
It was very congested.

2570km Lanzhou-Haikou Expressway

Double routes between Zuiyi and Guizhou

Saving 45 minutes from the expressway traffic jam!

But....waiting for 2020...need to a build a third expressway

 

[TaiShang]

Seeing a Haval (H6?) SUV there. Should be a fun drive.

 

[JSCh]

China's longest underwater highway under construction
New China TV Published on Jan 10, 2018

Construction of a tunnel has begun under Taihu Lake in east China's Jiangsu Province. It will be the longest and widest underwater highway tunnel in the country.

 

[JSCh]

Construction starts for China's first asymmetric steel truss cable-stayed bridge
CGTN Published on Jan 10, 2018

China's first asymmetric steel trussed cable-stayed bridge started to be built with the sinking operation of steel cofferdams on Wednesday. The Mingyuexia Yangtze River Bridge is at Chongqing Municipality of southwest of China. To build a bridge, steel cofferdams should be sunk before the construction of piers.

 

[AndrewJin]

Construction starts for China's first asymmetric steel truss cable-stayed bridge
CGTN Published on Jan 10, 2018

China's first asymmetric steel trussed cable-stayed bridge started to be built with the sinking operation of steel cofferdams on Wednesday. The Mingyuexia Yangtze River Bridge is at Chongqing Municipality of southwest of China. To build a bridge, steel cofferdams should be sunk before the construction of piers.

Many bridges across Yangtze River, but not enough. Wuhan’s 10+ bridges still cannot adequately handle the traffic.

 

[AndrewJin]

Heimugou Bridge 洛川黑木沟大桥

main span 170m beam bridge, tallest pier 83m
Luochuan county, Sha'anxi province

 

[JSCh]

China's first big-span steel suspension bridge to open by Spring Festival
Meng Xue China Plus Published: 2018-01-21 16:43:00

An aerial photo taken on January 18, 2018 shows the construction site of the 2,390-meter-long Hangrui Dongting Bridge, the world's second and China's first big-span steel beam suspension bridge. It is part of the Hangzhou-Ruili Expressway, built over the waters of Dongting Lake in Yueyang, Hunan Province. The main bridge construction will be completed after its forty pairs of stayed-cable central buckles are successfully installed. The bridge is expected to be put into operation by the Spring Festival this year.

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[AndrewJin]

Danjiangkou Reservoir
source of South–North Water Transfer Project

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[JSCh]

Record-setting overpass swings into place in Wuhan city, Central China
CGTN
Published on Jan 31, 2018

An overpass in downtown Wuhan City was successfully rotated 81 degrees. It set a world record in three categories: the most unbalanced, the widest overpass rotation, and the highest number of railways spanned.

 

[AndrewJin]

Record-setting overpass swings into place in Wuhan city, Central China
CGTN
Published on Jan 31, 2018

An overpass in downtown Wuhan City was successfully rotated 81 degrees. It set a world record in three categories: the most unbalanced, the widest overpass rotation, and the highest number of railways spanned.

wow, not far away from my home.
Another express road over the railway!

 

[JSCh]

China's first big-span steel suspension bridge to open by Spring Festival
Meng Xue China Plus Published: 2018-01-21 16:43:00

An aerial photo taken on January 18, 2018 shows the construction site of the 2,390-meter-long Hangrui Dongting Bridge, the world's second and China's first big-span steel beam suspension bridge. It is part of the Hangzhou-Ruili Expressway, built over the waters of Dongting Lake in Yueyang, Hunan Province. The main bridge construction will be completed after its forty pairs of stayed-cable central buckles are successfully installed. The bridge is expected to be put into operation by the Spring Festival this year.

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China's No.1! Bridge over Dongting Lake opens to traffic
New China TV
Published on Feb 2, 2018

China's longest steel girder suspension bridge opened to traffic. It's over Dongting Lake, the 2nd largest freshwater lake in the country. Find out more.

 

[JSCh]

World's longest sea bridge ready for trial operation
New China TV
Published on Feb 6, 2018

The world's longest sea bridge, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in south China, is ready for trial operation.

 

[AndrewJin]

World's longest sea bridge ready for trial operation
New China TV
Published on Feb 6, 2018

The world's longest sea bridge, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in south China, is ready for trial operation.

cool

 

[AndrewJin]

Expressway in Qingpu County
青浦绕城高速

 

[AndrewJin]

Three Bridges over Dongting Lake
Yueyang, Central China

Provincial Highway Bridge
Construction: 1996-2000
S306 provincial highway
10km

Expressway bridge opens in 2018!
Another 6-lane 100km/h expressway bridge over Donating Lake
finished construction in Feb. 2018, completing the entire 3400km-long Hangzhou-Ruili Expressway

CHANGSHA, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- A new bridge over central China's Dongting Lake opened to traffic Thursday, marking the completion of a major east-west trunk line.

The 3,404 km-long Hangrui Highway links Hangzhou City in east China's Zhejiang Province with Ruili City in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

The bridge over Dongting Lake is a major part of the highway section in Hunan Province. The two-way six-lane bridge is 2,390 meters long, with a main span of 1,480 meters, making it the longest steel girder suspension bridge in China.

Dongting Lake, known as "the kidney of the Yangtze River," is the second-largest freshwater lake in China and one of the most important wetlands in China and the world.


Another one
World's longest heavy-duty railway under construction in Yueyang City, central China
Photo taken on Dec. 24, 2017 shows the construction site of a railway bridge over the Dongting Lake, the second-largest freshwater lake in China, in Yueyang City, central China's Hunan Province. The 1,290-meter bridge is an important part of the world's longest heavy-duty railway for coal transport. The 1,837-km railway is still under construction and is designed to link the coal-rich western Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region with Ji'an City in east China's Jiangxi Province. The railway line is scheduled for operation in 2020. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

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