The main span of the Tuojiang River Super Bridge in Luzhou, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, was connected on March 18.
Contracted by China Railway No. 4 Engineering Group Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of China Railway Group Limited, it is China's first double-column railway bridge with a V-shaped tower.
The main span of the Tuojiang River Super Bridge in Luzhou, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, is connected on March 18. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
A key section of the Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railway, the Tuojiang River Super Bridge is 2,613.3 meters long with a 115.7-meter-high main bridge tower and has a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour.
The 489.6-meter main span of Tuojiang River Grand Bridge will feature a special prestressed concrete box girder and an entire main girder weighing 47,000 metric tons.
A view of the Tuojiang River Super Bridge under construction [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
The Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railway is a crucial part of the Beijing-Kunming railway a key section of China's "eight vertical and eight horizontal railways" network.
Once operational, it will be an artery linking Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and Kunming, capital city of Yunnan Province. It is expected to greatly improve travel conditions of local residents and strengthen connectivity between the cities of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle and the central Yunnan city cluster.
The railway will also enhance the radiation role of the central cities, support regional integration within the Yangtze River Economic Belt and strongly promote the coordinated and sustainable development of regional economy and society.
(Executive editor: Xie Yunxiao)
