A challenging project was put forward by the Chinese government to make a 250 meter long 6 lane flyover above the high-speed railway without stopping the railway service for even a minute! With the country’s high speed rail network being the largest in the
world, it was considered not feasible to even halt it temporarily and so building a 17000 ton bridge seemed to be a very difficult job.
A group of civil engineers accepted this challenge and built the bridge parallel to the rail route. When the bridge was built completely they rotated it from above the railway network. The whole rotation of 106 degrees of this 17000 ton bridge was covered within 90 minutes.
This type of project is the first in Asia and the second in the world after the Kingsgate bridge which was built in 1968. They completed their task without even stopping the train service for a minute! In fact they didn't even inform the train company!
world, it was considered not feasible to even halt it temporarily and so building a 17000 ton bridge seemed to be a very difficult job.
A group of civil engineers accepted this challenge and built the bridge parallel to the rail route. When the bridge was built completely they rotated it from above the railway network. The whole rotation of 106 degrees of this 17000 ton bridge was covered within 90 minutes.
This type of project is the first in Asia and the second in the world after the Kingsgate bridge which was built in 1968. They completed their task without even stopping the train service for a minute! In fact they didn't even inform the train company!
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