Tuesday, June 20, 2023

2019 13km Nansha (南沙大桥) Bridge over Pearl River in Guangdong Province

(Satellite) (Chinese:南沙大桥)  The previous name was Humen Second Bridge.

The crossing consists of two suspension briges and helical ramps to provide access to the Hai'ou Island.
newsgd, Photos: Humen Second Bridge Branch Office of Guangdong Provincial Highway Construction Co., Ltd
"On April 2nd, 2019, the [13km] Nansha Bridge, formerly known as the Humen Second Bridge, was officially opened."
"The Nansha Bridge comprises two cross-river mega-span suspension bridges. For the first time globally, the project involves two cross-river suspension bridges with their respective main spans exceeding 1,000 meters [3/4 mile]. The Dasha Waterway Bridge is a twin-tower single-span suspension bridge with a main span of 1,200 meters. The Nizhou Waterway Bridge is a twin-tower double-span suspension bridge with a main span of 1,688 meters [1 mile], making it the largest steel box girder suspension bridge in China."

I do not understand what they mean by "double-span" above. I can find only one span for the longer bridge. I noticed that the waterway is indeed busy.
Satellite

It "cost more than 11 billion yuan ($1.64 billion)." [ChinaDaily]

newsgd, Photos: Humen Second Bridge Branch Office of Guangdong Provincial Highway Construction Co., Ltd
Construction started in 2014.

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The bridge not only has the world's longest steel box girder span (1,688m or 1 mile), it's the widest steel box girder suspension bridge at 40.5m (133').

The entrance and exit for the island use helical roads to change between street and bridge level. I see very few cars on those 2-lane ramps. Although America would also have two lanes, but one of them would be a shoulder. 
Taly posted
Nansha Bridge Guangzhou China
Anas Hanif Bhatti posted
Nansha Bridge Guangzhou, China
Treon Jooce Jackson: This can't be China though. Cars go the opposite way on the road. They travel forward on the left not the right.
Berkeley Littlejohn: Treon Jooce Jackson Hong Kong/Macau drive on the left, Mainland China drives on the right.
Highway Engineering discoveries posted
Nansha Bridge Guangzhou, China

I looked closely at this photo to check the occupancy of the ramps. Then I realized that the photo above is a cropped version of this photo. I also found this photo on Twitter.
黃思凱, Apr 2023

The helical ramps get a "Spaghetti" award.
Satellite

newsgd, Photos: Humen Second Bridge Branch Office of Guangdong Provincial Highway Construction Co., Ltd
The project set several records for continuous pours for both surface and volume jobs.

Structurae has some construction photos.






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