Pile foundation construction on the Xiaotuo Grand Bridge in the initial section of the Zhuhai-Zhaoqing High-speed Railway in Doumen’s Baijiao Town has been completed and workers have already started pouring concrete for the bridge’s first pier.
The section, constructed by China Railway Sixth Group, contains the Xiaotuo Grand Bridge, Wazilao Tunnel and roadbed treatment.
Work on its main structure began in May and will finish in March 2023. Tunnelling on the 394-metre Wazilao Tunnel has reached 147.8 metres beneath the mountain and is expected to be drilled through in December.
The Zhuhai-Zhaoqing High-speed Railway will be the first one of its kind transiting Zhuhai.
It will have a speed limit of 350 km/h and will be an important part of the westward and northwestward high-speed passenger transportation passages on the west bank of the Pearl River Estuary.
It will also boost Macao’s integration into China’s high-speed railway network.
The 185-kilometre railway starts from Zhuhai’s Hezhou area, runs via Jiangmen and Foshan, and ends in Zhaoqing in the midwest of Guangdong Province.
It will connect the Guiyang-Guangzhou and Nanning-Guangzhou high-speed railways in the north, offering fast connections between areas on the east and west bank of the Pearl River Estuary and Southwest China.
It will connect with the Hezhou-Hengqin section of the Guangzhou-Zhuhai (Macao) High-Speed Railway at Zhuhai (Hezhou) Hub Station.
Zhuhai is currently establishing a three-hour transportation circle with other Guangdong cities and major domestic hubs. The city is expected to have a 117.8-kilometre railway network by the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25).
