The pouring of the lower beam of the east main pier of the main bridge of the Shenjiang Railway across Modaomen Waterway has been completed

On September 1, the pouring of the lower beam of the east main pier (lower left) of the main bridge of the Shenjiang Railway across Modaomen Waterway was completed (no one machine photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei

On the same day, the pouring of the lower beam of the east main pier of the main bridge across Modaomen Waterway, a key project of the Shenjiang Railway undertaken by China Railway Construction Bridge Bureau, was completed. The bridge spans the Modaomen Waterway of the Xijiang River at the junction of Zhongshan and Jiangmen cities. The main bridge is a 140-meter-high pier long-span cable-stayed bridge, which is constructed using an intelligent tower crane.

The Shenjiang Railway is an important part of my country\’s \”eight vertical and eight horizontal\” high-speed rail network coastal corridors. The line starts from Xili Station in Shenzhen. The main line is 116 kilometers long. It crosses the Pearl River Estuary and connects Shenzhen, Dongguan, 5 cities including Guangzhou, Zhongshan and Jiangmen. After the completion of the project, Shenzhen and Jiangmen can be connected within one hour, and Shenzhen and Guangzhou Nansha Free Trade Area can be connected by high-speed rail in half an hour.

On September 1, the pouring of the lower beam of the east main pier of the Shenjiang Railway\’s main bridge across Modaomen Waterway was completed (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei

On September 1, the pouring of the lower beam of the east main pier of the main bridge of the Shenjiang Railway across Modaomen Water Channel was completed (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei

The main bridge of the Shenjiang Railway across Modaomen Waterway crosses the cities of Zhongshan and Jiangmen (photo taken on September 1, drone photo ). Xinhua News Agency reporter Photo by Liu Dawei

On September 1, the pouring of the lower beam of the east main pier of the main bridge of the Shenjiang Railway across Modaomen Waterway was completed (drone photo). Xinhua News reporter Photo by Liu Dawei

On September 1, the east main pier of the main bridge of the Shenjiang Railway across Modaomen Waterway was constructed using an intelligent tower crane (drone photo ). Xinhua News Agency reporter Photo by Liu Dawei

On September 1, girder construction began on the eastern section of the main bridge of the Shenjiang Railway across Modaomen Waterway (drone photo). Xinhua News Agency reporter Photo by Liu Dawei