THE HUMEN PEARL RIVER BRIDGE, CHINA

The 3618m long Humen Bridge carries an important expressway across the mouth of the Pearl River in Guangdong Province in southern China. The river has two main navigation channels, separated by an island in the middle. The bridge has five sections: (1) the eastern approach; (2) the bridge over the 300m wide main navigation channel, requiring 60m high clearance; (3) the middle section; (4) the bridge over the 160m wide auxiliary navigation, requiring 40m high clearance; and (5) the western approach. The main navigation channel bridge is a steel suspension bridge with 888m central span, main cables 33m apart, and a sag-span ratio of 1:10.5. Its two towers rise nearly 148m above the foundations and about 90m above the deck; they are rigid frames consisting of two hollow reinforced concrete columns and three hollow prestressed concrete crossbeams. Different types of foundations, mostly using bored piles, were chosen for towers, to suit their specific geological conditions. The auxiliary navigation channel bridge is a continuous prestressed concrete rigid frame of box girders, with a 270m main span. The bridge's 30m high piers consist of twin flexible legs of thin hollow box section, and each pier foundation has 32 2.0m diameter embedded piles. Balanced cantilever construction was used.

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  International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering

  ETH-Honggerberg, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 15
  Zurich 8093,   Switzerland  CH-8093
• Authors:
  • ZHENG, M Z
  • YANG, G Z
• Publication Date: 1998-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 93-5
• Serial:
  • STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering
  • ISSN: 1016-8664

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Box girders; Bridge piers; Bridge towers; Bridges; Cables; Construction management; Design; Foundations; Freeways; Prestressed concrete; Reinforced concrete; Support piles; Suspension bridges
• Geographic Terms: China
• ITRD Terms: 3474: Box girder; 3455: Bridge; 3434: Bridge pier; 4530: Cable; 8023: China; 3666: Construction method; 9011: Design (overall design); 3377: Foundation; 2752: Motorway; 3399: Pile; 4796: Prestressed concrete; 4794: Reinforced concrete; 3476: Suspension bridge; 3440: Tower (bridge)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00754254
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Oct 27 1998 12:00AM