Xiangshan Port Bridge to be completed
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Tuesday, 04 September 2012 09:28
On the early morning of August 31, the continuous rigid frame of Yunlong Railway Overpass across Hangzhou-Shenzhen Railway, the linking section of Xiangshan Port Bridge undertaken by MBEC, completed its closure smoothly, marking the completion of the northern part of the linking project of Xiangshan Port Bridge.
The Yunlong Railway Overpass, 1765 meters long, is one of the node projects of the bridge. As the overpass is across Hangzhou-Shenzhen Railway, it had to be constructed during the limited periods when there were no trains passing. "According to the railway schedule, the construction period of the overpass only lasts one and a half hours each time. In one month, there are only six or seven such chances for construction." said a related person from Ningbo Headquarter of High-grade Highway Construction.
After the closure of the major bridge on July 11, the construction of the northern part of the linking project accelerated and completed the closure of the left half on August 24. Now that the major bridge and the northern part of the linking project have completed, all the related subsidiaries and pavement construction have been accelerated significantly, which will lay a solid foundation for the completion of the whole bridge project by the end of this year.
Besides, the 1720 meter-long Baidun Port Bridge is a big project on the southern part of the linking section. The bridge is located in Xihu Port of Xiangshan Bay, with a rather complicated geological condition. According to the plan, Baidun Port Bridge will be completed by the end of September, which will mark the overall completion of the southern part of the linking section.
Xiangshan Port Bridge and its linking project is an important part of the coastal highway (Ningbo-Taizhou-Wenzhou double-tracking railway section) construction of the planned highway and waterway transport construction in Zhejiang Province during the 11th Five-year Plan period. The 47 kilometer-long bridge, with a total investment of 6.887 billion yuan, links the eastern section of the ring highway of Ningbo and the planned Zhejiang coastal freeway between Yunlong Intersection Bridge and Daigang Village. Upon completion, the bridge will completely change the Xiangshan Island's peripheral status in traffic, by including it in the half-hour economic circle of Ningbo, two-hour economic circle of Hangzhou and three-hour economic circle of Shanghai.
