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On December 22, the world's largest span cable-stayed bridge under construction - Changtai Yangtze River Bridge project made another breakthrough, and the Tianxingzhou special channel bridge located on the Taizhou side of Jiangsu Province was successfully closed. With a main span of 388 meters, this waterway bridge is the world's largest steel truss arch bridge with the largest span of road and railway, and its closure marks another breakthrough in the construction of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge.
Changtai Yangtze River Bridge started construction in October 2019 and is scheduled to be completed in the first half of 2025. In order to meet the needs of special waterways for port and wharf transportation along the line, in addition to the main channel bridge with a main span of 1,208 meters, the bridge has set up special waterway bridges in Taixing Tianxingzhou and Changzhou Lu'anzhou, respectively, and cooperated with the main channel bridge to jointly serve the Yangtze River ** waterway.
The main span of the Tianxingzhou special channel bridge is 388 meters, which is the world's largest steel truss arch bridge for road and rail. The total steel consumption of Tianxingzhou Special Waterway Bridge is about 40,000 tons, and the amount of high-strength bolts is about 470,000 sets, and the internode erection began in January 2022 and has lasted 23 months.
Reporter Zhang Bin Wu Rui).