New Shougang Bridge (Beijing).
The design of the bridge is from the Belgian architect Nicolas GODELET of Beijing Gejian
Architectural Design Consulting Co. Ltd. and living in Beijing. It is an entirely welded steel
structure with 45,000 tonnes of steel plates (more than for the National Stadium “Bird’s Nest”).
On July 17th, 2020 this bridge won the Award of Merit for design and construction in the
Bridge/Tunnel category of the ENR 2020 Global Best Projects competition.
Coating with ZINGA started in 2017.
In total 182 tons of ZINGA was used (internal and external of steel structure).
It is the world’s first twin-tower cable-stayed steel composite bridge. 1,354 m in length and 54.9 m in width.
It is the highest bridge in Beijing City with two distinct steel arch towers of 125 and 90 meters, 4 lanes in both directions, and it is the widest bridge in China. The bridge opened to trafic on 29 September 2019.
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