On September 11, the Xiangyang North Marshalling Station Bridge, the world's first gear-rack swivel cable-stayed bridge built by the Ninth Bridge of China Railway Hi-Tech Industry, was officially opened to traffic.
Xiangbei Marshalling Station Bridge is located in Xiangyang High-tech Zone, the most critical node of the Xiangyang Ring Line Speed-up Reconstruction Project and the whole line construction period control project. The bridge road is an urban expressway with six lanes in both directions, with a design speed of 60 kilometers per hour, a width of 37.5 meters, and a total length of 920 meters. It is a cable-stayed bridge with double towers and double cable planes. CREC mainly undertakes the production and installation of more than 9500 tons of steel girders, the transportation and hoisting of 3405 square meters of steel box girder bridge deck, the construction of wet joints of bridge deck accessories, and the development of two 75-ton full-rotary bridge erecting machines, two 75-ton lifting stations and two sets of construction protection platforms.
It is reported that after the completion and opening of the Xiangyang Ring Line Speed-up Reconstruction Project, the central urban area can be reached within 10 minutes on the expressway, half an hour to the airport or high-speed railway station, driving the development of the whole old urban area, industrial area and CBD business district, which is of great significance to enhance the overall living environment of Xiangyang City and form a new urban style and landscape.
