Pingtan Strait highway and railway bridge track laying helps channel economy
On December 22, with the sound of the track laying engineering vehicle, a pair of track rows landed stably on the subgrade of Pingtan Strait highway and rail dual-purpose bridge of Fuping railway, marking that the world's longest and China's first cross strait highway and rail dual-purpose bridge began the track laying construction.
since 2009, with the approval of the State Council, Fujian Province has officially established the "Fuzhou comprehensive experimental area", which was renamed as "Pingtan comprehensive experimental area of Fujian Province" in 2012. This has greatly improved Pingtan's economic and regional status, and Pingtan has also been included in attracting investment, industrial development and accelerating the Economic Zone on the west side of the Straits. As an important extension and expansion of Hefei Fuzhou railway, Fuping railway is of great significance to improve the railway transportation network in Northeast Fujian, better play the role of Fuzhou central hub, and promote the overall opening and development of northeast Fujian. The
Pingtan Strait highway and railway bridge is a control project of Fuping railway. The bridge is located in the Taiwan Strait, where there are typhoons in summer and monsoons in winter. The number of gales above level 6 is more than 300 days every year. It is the world's three major sea areas with the same reputation as Bermuda and Cape of good hope. The water depth, wave height, weather, hydrological and geological problems are overlapped layer by layer, which is recognized by the world“ Forbidden area for bridge construction ". The track laying of Pingtan Strait highway rail dual-purpose bridge is another significant progress after the completion of the bridge on September 25, laying a solid foundation for the completion and opening of the Fuping railway. It will greatly shorten the space-time distance between Fuzhou and Pingtan. It will contribute to the construction of Beijing Fuzhou Pingtan expressway, improve the regional comprehensive transportation network, accelerate the construction of Pingtan comprehensive test area and promote the development of East China The economic and social development of the south coast is of great significance. The track laying of the
Pingtan Strait highway and railway bridge will bring great help to the development of Pingtan area with unique geography, landform and countless beautiful environment. It can be predicted that the completion of Fuping railway will bring great benefits to the tourism development economy, logistics, transportation and other fields in Pingtan area. Pingtan will be built into an international tourism island, giving full play to its unique cross regional tourism potential, which will take cross-strait economic cooperation and tourism cooperation to a new level; meanwhile, in view of the upcoming golden development period of China's tourism industry, Pingtan will further rely on local tourism characteristics, develop marine and Waterfront tourism to meet more demands The demand of diversified and characteristic tourism market.
by Yang Xin