1. Project Overview
Located in Jinzhai County in the west of Anhui Province, it is an important section of G42 Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway, connecting the East China to Central and West China. With complex terrain and geology, more bridges and tunnels involved and large construction works, the 90.848km-long expressway was designed into a fully enclosed, whole-route-overpass one with bi-directional four lanes, at a design speed of 100 km/h. Roadbed section being 26.0m wide, it adopts asphalt concrete pavement.
2. Technical Features and Innovative Points
1) It is an expressway of technology innovations through elaborate survey and detailed design (including assembly of standardized structure of bridge, culvert and small components, durable design of safety barriers, ecological design of tunnel gates, and lighting design of LED energy-saving lamps).
2) It is an energy-saving and considerate mountain expressway with refined pile-by-pile design and off-line reconstruction in general layout.
3) It is an environmental protection road with distinctive characteristics, which integrates itself harmoniously into nature, combines regional characteristics with cultural background, introduces the concept of "ecological restoration", "one view for one slope", and gives protection to ancient trees and cultural relics.
4) It is an expressway highlighting humanities and safety, realized by the examination on whole-route technical indicators through digital simulation and by reasonable safety facilities design.
3. Innovative Achievements
1) It won the First Prize of 2012 Outstanding Design for Road Transport Award from China Exploration and Design Association.
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