Fujian is building the first highway-rail bridge in China. How long is it? When will it open to traffic?

Speaking of Fujian, everyone should know that as a coastal city in China, its economic development is naturally good. As a tourist city, Xiamen is rich in tourism resources and the sea is endless. It's interesting to walk along the seaside at sunset. Gulangyu Island has beautiful scenery and is a tourist attraction. Xiamen University, the most beautiful campus in China, is more popular with students. Although Xiamen is famous, it is not the capital of Fujian. The capital of Fujian is Fuzhou.

Fuzhou is located in the east of Fujian Province, and Haitan, the largest island in Fujian Province and the fifth largest island in China, is located in Pingtan County, Fuzhou City. Fuzhou is also a tourist city, which is rich in tourism resources and needs to build roads. Now Fuzhou's railways, highways and subways are gradually improving. Everyone knows that Fuzhou is a coastal city, so in order to meet the needs of traffic construction, Fuzhou is also actively building bridges. Next, a bridge under construction in Fuzhou is introduced.

This bridge, named Pingtan Strait Highway-Railway Bridge, is the key project of newly-built Fuping Railway and Changle-Pingtan Expressway. It starts in Matsushita Town, Changle District, Fujian Province, passes through Rendao, Changyu Island, Xiaolian Island and Da Lian Island, and successively passes through Justin Waterway, Guyumen Waterway, Daxiaolian Waterway and Beidongkou Waterway, and reaches Shangpingtan Island in Suao Town. The length of the whole line is 16.34 km, with a total investment of about1200 million yuan, which requires 300,000 tons of steel and 26,000 tons of steel. These materials can be used to build eight Burj Khalifa. Pingtan Strait Highway-Rail Bridge is called "Super Bridge".

Pingtan Strait Highway-Railway Bridge is divided into two floors, which are used by both roads and railways. The upper layer is a six-lane expressway with a speed of about 100km/h, and the lower layer is a double-track railway with a design speed of 200 km/h. The project consists of three channel bridges, approach bridges and railway subgrade.

On June 20 19, the main bridge of Justin Strait Bridge, a highway-rail bridge in Pingtan Strait, was officially closed. September 20 19, Pingtan Strait Road-Rail Bridge was fully opened to traffic. It is estimated that the railway section of Pingtan Strait Highway-Railway Bridge will be opened to traffic by the end of 2020. This bridge is the first cross-sea road-rail bridge in China and the longest cross-sea road-rail bridge in the world.

The construction of Pingtan Strait Highway-Railway Bridge has accelerated the construction of Fuping Railway and Changle-Pingtan Expressway, facilitated people to reach Pingtan from Fuzhou, shortened the time from Fuzhou to Pingtan, and promoted the economic development along the route. At the same time, the construction of this bridge provides experience for the future construction of highway and railway bridges. So are you looking forward to the opening of Pingtan Strait Highway-Railway Bridge?