The bridge of Qingdao Haiwan, stretches across Jiaozhou Bay, just north of the port city of Qingdao and the Huangdao Industrial Zone. The starting point of the bridge starts at Qingdao-Lanzhou and ends at Red Cliff. The entire area is linked to the Jinan-Qingdao highway. In total it is 26.3 miles long. his building It was carried out over 4 years.
The project was very complex since the bridge is located in the region of the frozen sea of northern China reason why it faces natural freezing about 50 times a year, approximately. Protecting the marine environment and preventing erosion of the bridge were also strong points during its construction. were other complexities. Below we detail some of its main features:
- The width of the bridge is 35 meters and the height is 149 meters, which is equivalent to a 50-story building.
- It has 6 lanes double track and its maximum speed is 80 km / h.
- The bridge has maintained a double limitation of boats and planes. The highest point of navigation for a ship is 49 meters. The navigation point of an airplane is limited to 120 meters.
- Ranks first in the world for columns used in its construction since it has more than 5,000.
- The number of workers required for its construction was 20,000 and the cost of the project is estimated to have exceeded 2.3 trillion dollars.
- It was the first construction in the world that has used a technology special concrete bottom lining to prevent the appearance of cracks.
Qingdao Haiwan Bridge (April 2024)
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