Two sections of the Longli River Bridge in Qiannan Bouyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Southwest China's Guizhou Province have been joined together.
A view of the Longli River Bridge in Qiannan Bouyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Southwest China's Guizhou Province [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Spanning the Duohua Valley, the 1,260-meter-long and 30-meter-wide steel composite beam cable-stayed bridge has two towers and double cable planes and a main span of 528 meters.
The main tower of the bridge is 265 meters high, reaching about 400 meters from the bottom of the valley.
Connection engineering of the two sections of the Longli River Bridge in Qiannan Bouyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture is underway. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Glass skywalks, sightseeing elevators and view platforms are set on the main bridge and at the tower pylons, making the bridge a facility for both traffic and tourism.
A view of the Longli River Bridge in Qiannan Bouyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture under construction [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
China Railway Hi-Tech Industry Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Railway Group Limited, is responsible for producing and installing the steel beams of the project, which weigh about 13,200 metric tons.
Longli River Bridge is a key section to link the Longxi inland opening-up economic development forerunner zone in Central Guizhou and the Longli grassland area.
Once operational, the bridge will become a channel linking the grassland area with other regions in Guizhou, shortening travel time between Guiyang, the capital, and Longli Grassland to around 30 minutes.
(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)
