As an important and convenient passage between the three provinces and regions of Mengganqing, the Wuwei to Xianmi Temple highway has a total length of 55.597km, with an estimated investment of 6.1377 billion yuan, and will start construction in October 2021. Up to now, 95% of the roadbed project has been completed, 90% of the bridge and culvert project has been completed, and 86% of the tunnel project has been completed, with a total investment of 5.388 billion yuan. At present, the pavement project and the auxiliary projects such as toll stations and service areas are progressing in an orderly manner as planned.
Wuxian Highway Wuwei Xiying Interchange.
The starting point of Wuxian Highway is located in Zhoujiashangzhuang, Yongfeng Town, Liangzhou District, Wuwei City, with a hub interchange and Lianhuo Expressway, and the end point is located in Xianmi Temple (Ganqingjie), with a bridge and tunnel ratio of 37.78%. In order to reduce the damage to mountains and vegetation caused by highway construction, bridges and tunnels were used in the early route design of the project to avoid the impact of the route on the ecological environment as much as possible. There are 42 bridges with a total length of 15.548Km, including 5 extra-large bridges with a total length of 7.655Km, 21 bridges with a total length of 6.577Km, and 16 middle bridges with a total length of 1.316Km. The total length of the two tunnels is 5.453Km, of which one extra-long tunnel is 4.835Km long, and the first middle tunnel is 619m long. Located in Xiying Town, Liangzhou District, Wuwei City, the Sigouzui Tunnel is a separate tunnel, with a total length of 4,860 meters on the left line and 4,810 meters on the right line, and the remaining 700 meters on the left line and more than 500 meters on the right line are being fully promoted as planned. Wuxian Highway also has 3 interchanges in Wuweixi, Xiying and Zhangye Imperial City, 2 ramp toll stations, 1 service area and perfect traffic engineering and facilities along the line.
Concrete pouring of the bridge deck.
Wuxian Highway is an important part of the G569 Inner Mongolia Mandela to Qinghai Datong Highway, which is a convenient passage for Northeast China and Eastern Inner Mongolia to enter Tibet through Xining. The construction of the project is of great significance to improve the structure of the regional road network, open up the passage of Qinghai, Inner Mongolia and Hexi Corridor, revitalize the ancient Silk Road, accelerate the development of Wuwei, Xining, Lanzhou and Yinchuan urban agglomerations, and promote material and cultural exchanges and common prosperity.
Erection of fence steel template.