2021-03-07 03:35:22 GMT2021-03-07 11:35:22(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Xinhua writers Wu Junyi, Lu Min
HONG KONG, March 7 (Xinhua) How will you hoist the steel bridge? A lot of people have asked me in the past weeks, said Kan Jun, director of China Road and Bridge Corp., contractor of a cross-bay bridge project in Hong Kong.
A prefabricated double-arch steel bridge for the Cross Bay Link, Tseung Kwan O, was erected by the project team on the bridge piers on Feb. 26 in Hong Kong.
It s never been easy to hoist a prefabricated bridge which weighs over 10,000 tons, particularly, above sea, however, the Chinese experts came up with a better solution to install the bridge.
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Double-arch steel bridge for Cross Bay Link in Hong Kong erected
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2021-02-26 12:35:25 GMT2021-02-26 20:35:25(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HONG KONG, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) A prefabricated double-arch steel bridge for the Cross Bay Link, Tseung Kwan O, was erected on the bridge piers on Friday in Hong Kong using the float-over method.
Upon completion, it will be the longest span and heaviest steel arch bridge in Hong Kong and another landmark cross-sea structure.
The cross bay link in Tseung Kwan O is about 1.8 km long, of which 1 km is a marine viaduct and the steel bridge is an integral part of the marine viaduct.
The project team adopted the float-over method to construct the bridge which weighs over 10,000 tonnes, and the team also took the tidal conditions into account for the erection.