On March 26, the east and west main towers of the Shiziyang Bridge, a key project of the Shiziyang Link connecting Nansha in Guangzhou with Dongguan, were successfully topped out. The bridge is expected to be completed in 2029.
The bridge's main towers stand at 342 meters, roughly equivalent to a 110-storey skyscraper. Featuring a main span of 2,180 meters, the bridge adopts a double-deck design with 16 lanes, making it the first double-layer composite road corridor across the Pearl River Estuary. Once completed, the bridge will set five world records among double-deck suspension bridges: main span length, number of lanes, tower height, anchorage diameter, and main cable diameter.
The Shiziyang Link is another mega cross-river project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), following the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link, and the Nansha Bridge. Stretching 35 kilometers, the project consists of the cross-river main bridge, the Shiziyang Bridge, and its approach works. It connects Nansha in Guangzhou to Shatian and Humen in Dongguan. The Nansha Bridge lies to its north, and the Humen Bridge to its south.
Construction will now shift to the superstructure phase. Once finished, it will help form a "one-hour living circle" across the GBA together with the surrounding transport network.
Reporter: Dai Bosi
Photo: Guangdong Transportation Group
