New bridge for China

A new bridge will be built in China’s Hubei Province
By MJ Woof October 28, 2020 Read time: 1 min
An important new bridge project is being carried out to span the Yangtse River in China – image © Ticoyan85 | Dreamstime.com
Work is now going ahead for the construction of the new Yanji Yangtze River Bridge link in China’s Hubei Province. This new suspension bridge will feature a novel double deck design and provide the second link between Ezhou City and Huanggang City.

This will be China’s second longest suspension bridge when complete, featuring a main span of some 1.65km. The project is being carried out by two Chinese contractors, Second Harbor Engineering Company and China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group.

The work is costing US$1.83 billion, with the upper deck carrying six lanes and featuring a design speed of up to 100km/h, while the lower deck has four lanes and a design speed of up to 80km/h.
Road Structures

Related Content

  • Increase in roads and highways in China’s Shiyan City
    January 7, 2016
    Shiyan City in China’s Hubei Province has seen a major increase in its road and highway network, due to significant spending on road construction in the area. Between 2011 and 2015, the total length of the road network in Shiyan City increased to 26,989km, following spending of some US$7.07 billion on road construction by the authorities. The network expansion programme also included building four highways, with a total length of 522km while the rural road network grew by 7,425km in all. The development of
    Read More
  • Pre-stressed bridge decks use modular formwork system
    July 9, 2012
    Imaginative formwork, often using modular components, is helping to shape some challenging bridges worldwide. Patrick Smith reports Traffic volumes in and around Prague have swollen massively in recent years, pushing the existing road network to the limits of its capacity. To permanently ease congestion in the Czech capital's centre, a multi-lane orbital motorway is under construction as a high capacity bypass for central Prague and to link up all the motorways and other major highways radiating from the ci
    Read More
  • Chilean bridge project to Chiloe Island delayed
    October 31, 2018
    Delays to the project to construct Chile’s Chacao Bridge mean that an additional two years may be required for the work. The work is now being carried out solely by a consortium, Consorcio Puente Chacao, headed by the South Korean contractor Hyundai.
    Read More
  • Acrow supplies temporary bridge during Turcot Interchange project
    June 28, 2018
    Acrow Bridge has supplied a long-term temporary modular bridge to main contractor KPH Turcot for its work on the Turcot Interchange reconstruction in Montréal, Canada. The 32.3m-long Turcot modular steel bridge - Acrow’s longest clear span bridge in Canada – is 5m wide and has an orthotropic deck. The rented Acrow components arrived on site late last year and the bridge was opened to traffic in December. It is expected to be in place for two years. The Turcot Interchange is a three-level stack freeway int
    Read More

Highlighted Content