Widest bridge in Wuhan to open new path for port economy
A new bridge that runs across the Yangtze River will officially open to traffic in Wuhan, Hubei provincial capital, in early December, which will play an important role in further promoting the development of the port economy along the country's largest river in the central metropolis.
Qingshan Bridge will officially open to traffic in Wuhan, Hubei provincial capital, in early December. [Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The bridge tower is 279.5-meters-tall, equivalent to a 100-storey skyscraper. And it is now the highest A-shaped bridge tower in the world.
Xu Gongyi, chief designer of the bridge, said there is no load-bearing beam under the steel beam of the main bridge, which is called full floating structure.
"It is now the largest span cable-stayed bridge that has been completed in the world," Xu said.
The cable-stayed bridge whose construction started in 2015 is designed to be able to handle speed of 120 kilometers an hour.
It takes only 50 seconds for vehicles to cross the Yangtze River via the 1.638-kilometer-long main bridge. It is the highest speed passage that runs across the Yangtze River in Wuhan
The project can resist force 19 gale and the damage caused by earthquake.
Located near the city's 800,000-metric-ton ethylene chemical industrial zone and the foreign trade harbor of Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp, the bridge will be the main passage for heavy haul vehicles to run cross the Yangtze River in the future.
