Sino-Myanmar Railway bridge with longest span in the world starts construction

Almaty. January 27. Silkroadnews – 24 It will be the steel truss railroad bridge with the longest span in the world, People's Daily informs.
Located at the junction of the Shidian county and Longling county in southwest China'sYunnan Province, the Nu River Bridge will have a total length of 1,024 meters. The heightof the bridge above the river will be 211 meters. The bridge will mainly use steel truss archbeams with a span of 490 meters.
Yan Shuxin, a director from the constructors, China Railway 18 Bureau Group, said thatdue to restrictions arising from the special topography of the Nu River and Gaoligongmountains, the railway station will be built upon a deck. The width of the deck will reach24.9 meters, which will be the widest among the same type of railway bridges in China.The construction of the Nu River Bridge will use over 46,000 tons of steel. It will requirerare precision in the manufacturing of the steel trusses, and pose high risks in terms ofassembling steel trusses at high-altitude.
The Sino-Myanmar Railway linking China's Kunming and Myanmar's Yangon covers atotal length of 1,920 kilometers, among which, a 690-km-long section is in the territory ofChina.