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Girders on cross-sea bridge erected for Donghai Island Railway
Updated: 2017-02-17
An important phase in the construction of the huge Tongmingwan Bridge in Guangdong's Zhanjiang?was recently completed, with the last of the bridge's girders put in place on Feb 12.
The 8,973-meter bridge is a crucial part of west Guangdong's coastal high-speed rail project. The Donghai Island Railway will support key projects for Baosteel and the Sino-Kuwaiti refinery on the 286-square-kilometer island south of Zhanjiang city.
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Workers erect girders on the Tongmingwan Bridge. [Photo/zjphoto.yinsha.com] |
The railway, with a total investment budget of 4.2 billion yuan ($612 million) will be 57 kilometers long and will have two sections.
One section will stretch from Huanglue Station along the Maoming-Zhanjiang High-Speed Railway to Zhanjiang West Station on the Zhanjiang-Hai'an Railway.
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Each crossbeam of the bridge is made up of two I-girders. [Photo/zjphoto.yinsha.com] |
This part will be double-tracked and electrified. It will be capable of transporting passengers and cargo, and is expected to reach a speed of 200 kph.
The other route will connect the west station with the two project bases across the Tongmingwan Bridge. Its target running speed will be 120 kph.
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Workers connect crossbeams on the bridge. [Photo/zjphoto.yinsha.com] |