Building on advances at similar tunnels in China, the Dalian Bay Undersea Tunnel team had to solve numerous technical challenges and adapt to cold site conditions to complete the first cross-sea immersed tube tunnel in the northern reaches of the country.
Spanning a length of 473.25 m including its approaches, India’s first cable-stayed bridge is a critical component of the ambitious 345-km-long railway line planned by the government to link the Kashmir Valley with the broader Indian Railways network, bolstering connectivity and economic development in the region.
The sleek cable-stayed crossing on the Adriatic coast provides a vital link for Croatia, connecting its popular Dubrovnik region by road to the rest of the country for the first time in 300 years.
The 1915Çanakkale Bridge is not only the world’s longest suspension bridge, with a main span of 2,023 m, but a historic and economic new landmark for Turkey.
The new bridge stretches across the Yangtze River in Nanjing, China. The 10.33-km project includes a 4.14-km bridge, the 1.75-km Jiajiang Tunnel and 4.4 km of other roadway sections with three lanes in both directions.
The fast-growing city of Zhengzhou, a major transportation hub in the heart of China, was in need of an additional elevated expressway to increase traffic capacity to 18 lanes from 10 lanes on the fourth ring transportation corridor.
Special projects are built from good decisions, and the Canal Lachine cable stayed bridge—the symbolic centerpiece of the $1.3-billion Turcot Interchange reconstruction project in Montreal—is such a project.