CHINE : LES IMAGES ÉPOUSTOUFLANTES DU PONT LE PLUS HAUT DU MONDE
Perched 625 meters above a dizzying gorge in the mountainous province of Guizhou, the Huajiangil Grand Canyon Bridge opened to traffic this Sunday. This is a new architectural feat for China, which is ramping up its infrastructure projects.
Twice as high as the Millau Viaduct and the majestic Eiffel Tower. There are numbers that really put an infrastructure in perspective. This Sunday, China opened the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in the mountainous province of Guizhou to traffic.
So far, nothing surprising for this steep region, which is home to almost half of the world's 100 highest bridges, according to the Xinhua news agency. But it's its size that's more striking. The structure, which crosses the Beipan River valley, is suspended 625 meters above a dizzying gorge. A new world record.
Vehicles have begun to pass along the 1,420-meter-long main span supported by pylons. A bridge perched in the void, reaching for the sky and the clouds. It took engineers three short years and more than 22,000 tons of steel and concrete to lift this architectural gem from the ground. In August, 90 trucks, all red, China oblige, successfully tested the structure's strength.
"The opening of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge reduces travel time between the two sides" of the gorge from two hours to two minutes," Zhang Yin, head of the provincial transportation department, said with a hint of pride at a press conference on Wednesday. A "Chinese miracle," according to the spokesperson for the Communist Party of the Land of the Rising Sun, which should ultimately boost the economy of one of the poorest provinces in the country.
Indeed, the gigantic infrastructure will not only provide a new road axis for the Chinese population. It has also been designed to attract tourists eager to enjoy breathtaking views of the canyon and the panorama visible from special points specially designed for this purpose.
The curious, but especially the more daring, will be able to walk along an 800-meter-long glass walkway and take a transparent elevator to access an observation tower.
In recent years, China has been multiplying these large-scale projects. Behind the entirely practical side of these infrastructures lies a real desire to stimulate its economy and, at the same time, strengthen its political prestige.
According to a 2023 report by strategy consulting firm McKinsey , the robust growth of the Chinese economy over the past 40 years can be attributed in part to the construction of massive infrastructure.
Commentaires (6)
Ce n est surement pas moi qui traverserais ce pont
Il faut un pont comme celui-ci entre GOREE et DAKAR pour éviter
La chaloupe
Si,quand tu croiras à la science et que tt est possible
bel ouvrage..........
D'apres mes calculs rigoureux, Interdiction aux avions de l'emprunter.
Soit c'est eux qui ne sont pas humains (Asie_Occident), ou c'est nous(Afrique).
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