China: two spans turned to join highway bridge

China Railway Seventh Group have successfully turned a pair of bridge spans to create a 160m crossing over a railway.

Rotating the spans into position. Credit: CRECG

The bridge in Henan, in the north of China, will carry the Taihang Mountain Highway over the Jiaozuo-Liuzhou railway. The two spans were built on either side of the railway using a segmented cantilever construction method. They were then rotated over the tracks. This construction method reduces disruption to railway operations.