The Liuwu Bridge (} crosses the
Lhasa River
The Lhasa River, also called Kyi Chu (, ), is a northern tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in the south of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
The Yarlung Tsangpo is the upper section of the Brahmaputra River. The Lhasa River is subject t ...
linking downtown
Lhasa
Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa (city), Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China.
Lhasa is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining ...
, Tibet to
Lhasa railway station
Lhasa railway station (, ) is a railway station in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Location
The railway station lies in Niu New Area, Doilungdêqên District, 1 kilometer to the south of the Lhasa River and 5 kilometers southwest of the ...
and
Niu New Area on the south bank.
It was built in conjunction with the
Qinghai–Tibet Railway, which terminates on the south side of the river, and provides a connection to the town center on the north side.
Location
The Liuwu Bridge links central Lhasa to Lhasa Railway Station and the newly developed Niu New Area of Doilungdêqên County on the south bank of the Lhasa River.
Residents in the Ne'u area were resettled to make way for the new development.
The "Liuwu New District" includes new residential buildings in traditional Tibetan style.
The villagers, numbering almost 1,700, were moved into these buildings.
The effect of the railway, bridge and Liuwu New District development has been urbanization and development of new enterprises such as transport, retail outlets and restaurants.
Construction
The Liuwu Bridge was built by
China Communications Construction
China Communications Construction Company, Ltd. (CCCC) is a Chinese majority state-owned, publicly traded, multinational engineering and construction company primarily engaged in the design, construction, and operation of infrastructure assets, ...
and
Tibet Skyway. The construction project began in 2004. On February 14, 2007 the two principal spans of the bridge were integrated as planned, and the minor compartment beams of the northern main span have also been cast, signifying the conclusion of the extensive concrete pouring for the Lhasa Liuwu Bridge.
The completion of the bridge occurred in April 2007.
It was opened to traffic on 1 May 2007. Total funding allocated to the project was RMB 388.51 million.
Structure
The bridge is one of the notable structures of the
Qinghai–Tibet Railway, the highest railway in the world.
It is the first urban overpass in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
The total length is and the elevated section is .
The main span has a duplex
basket-handle arch with a heeling angle of 28.4 degrees and an arch length of .
The piers of the main bridge use piled underground
diaphragm wall
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This technique is typically used to build diaphragm (water-blocking) walls surro ...
s.
The bridge is wide, with three lanes in each direction.
The structure includes the first cloverleaf junction in Tibet.
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Buildings and structures in Lhasa
Bridges in Tibet
Chengguan District, Lhasa
Doilungdêqên District