"Made in China" goes global once again
Xinhua News Agency, Istanbul, March 18 (Reporter Wang Feng) The 1915 Canakkale Bridge in Turkey, the largest main-span bridge in the world built by Sichuan Road and Bridge, a subsidiary of Shudao Group, was opened to traffic on the 18th.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at the opening ceremony that the construction of the bridge will contribute to Turkey's economic development and job creation. After the bridge is opened to traffic, it will save Turkey about 415 million euros per year in terms of energy conservation, emission reduction and time cost benefits.
According to Sichuan Road and Bridge, the company will participate in the bidding of the bridge construction project in 2020, and won the bid for the sub-project of the bridge steel box girder installation.
Yu Yeqiang, the project manager of the steel box girder installation project of the bridge, said that the smooth opening of the bridge represents that "built in China" has once again entered the world.
Turkey's 1915 Canakkale Bridge spans the Dardanelles at the western end of the Marmara Sea in Turkey, connecting Europe and Asia. It is a two-tower three-span suspension bridge with six lanes in both directions. The main span of the bridge is designed to be 2023 meters long, symbolizing 2023. Year, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey.
The bridge will reduce the roughly one hour ferry journey between the two sides of the strait to a six-minute drive.