At 14:08, March 10th, first steel section installation was completed in main 206 # pier of jiuzhou channel bridge, CB05 of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, which indicated the main tower began the stage of steel tower installation. First steel section is T0, 6.2 meters long, 5.9 meters wide, 5.9 meters high and weighs 160 tons; the installation took one hour and 10 minutes. In order to ensure successful installation of the first steel section, the CB05 project department of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge refined construction scheme and utilized various resources.
After T0 section is installed, main tower T1, T2, T3, and crank arm section B1, B2, B3 of no. 206 pier will be installed successively. Then the main tower T4 to T9 section will be completed a one-time integral lifting.
Translated and edited by Nessy LIU.
Photos from official website.
