Honghe Bridge to be ready in time for Airshow China
The last main tower pier of the Honghe Bridge was topped off on Nov 8, keeping it on track to open before the 13th China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition (Airshow China) in November 2020.
Pier 4 is 168 m (equivalent to a 60-story building) tall and higher than three others. The piers are made of C50 high-performance concrete and shaped like water drops. Their structure is more varied in cross-section and complex in construction compared with cylindrical and H-shaped piers.
Topped off [Photo by Zhong Fan / Zhuhai Daily]
The focus of construction has now shifted to the upper structure; the two parts are expected to connect in early May.
Costing 4 billion yuan ($571 million), the 9.65-km (6-mile) Honghe Bridge spans the Hongwan and Modaomen waterways, It is China's first expressway bridge consisting of two 500-m (547-yd) span double-pylon double-plane cable-stayed bridges.
Starting at the Hongwan Interchange in Nanping Town, the Honghe Bridge project accesses the link line of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and runs westward. Upon completion, it will join the Xianghai and Jinhai bridges as a pivotal connection between Zhuhai's East and West wings.
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