The Zhuhai Xijiang River dual-use highway-railway bridge in South China's Guangdong Province has been put in service.
The Zhuhai Xijiang River dual-use highway-railway bridge in South China's Guangdong Province opens to traffic. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Connecting the Hengqin New Area and the Zhuhai Airport East Road, it is the world's first dual-use cable-stayed bridge with multiple towers and a highway and railway built on the same layer.
A view of the Zhuhai Xijiang River dual-use highway-railway bridge in Guangdong [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
With a total length of 1,371.8 meters, it has a main span of 340 meters and a width of 49.6 meters, making it the longest and widest bridge of its kind in the world.
A view of the Zhuhai Xijiang River dual-use highway-railway bridge in Guangdong [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
In the middle of the bridge is the two-lane intercity railway with a designed speed of 160 kilometers per hour and on each side of the railway is a three-lane highway available for vehicles to run as fast as 100 kilometers per hour.
The bridge is expected to shorten travel time between regions in Zhuhai. For example, people can travel between Jinwan District and Hengqin within 15 minutes, and can reach Gongbei Port from Zhuhai Airport in 25 minutes.
A view from the Zhuhai Xijiang River dual-use highway-railway bridge in Guangdong [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
It will also play a key role in boosting the coordinated development of the traffic infrastructure in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and integrated development of Zhuhai and Macao, which is of great significance in building Zhuhai into a key economic cooperation platform for Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.
China Railway Group Limited was responsible for its construction.
(Executive editor: Zhu Zeya)
