Jimei Bridge

Jimei Bridge is a highway bridge on the north side of Xiamen, Fujian, China. Constructed December 2006, opened to traffic July 1, 2008. It is Xiamen Island's third bridge connecting to the mainland. As the bridge's head is in proximity to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, a tunnel has been built under the runway to prevent the airport operations from being affected.[1] The total length of the bridge is 10.057 kilometers: the bridge proper is 3.82 kilometers, and the tunnel is 1.4 kilometers. The bridge connects to five interchanges, and there are two toll stations. The estimated total investment of the project is 2.955 billion yuan. [2]

Jimei Bridge from Xiamen Bridge
Jimei Bridge from Jimei Schools' Village
Jimei Bridge Toll-gate

The average width of Jimei Bridge is 36 metres, making it Xiamen's widest bridge. The bridge deck consists of three parts: three lanes of road in both directions for motor vehicles with a speed limit of 80 km/h, and a two-way two-lane special corridor in the middle for the Xiamen BRT with a speed limit of 60 km/h.

Jimei Bridge links roads on the mainland such as Binhai Ave, Tong'an Road and Shenhai Expressway with roads on the island such as Island Ring Road, Ludao Avenue, Yunding North Road, Jinshang Road, and Chenggong Avenue.

With the exception of the original Gaoji Causeway, Xiamen Island has the connections to the mainland of Jimei Bridge, Haicang Bridge, Xiamen Bridge, Xinglin Bridge, and Xiang'an Tunnel.[3]

Accident

On 2016 February 29, the plaque written by former Chinese President and General Secretary of the Communist Party Jiang Zemin with the bridge's name broke suddenly, occupying half a lane. No injuries were recorded.[4][5]

References
  1. "集美大桥将建隧道穿越机场,现实是这样吗？".
  2. "Jimei Bridge's gigantic stone came tumbling down, no casualty".
  3. "Xiamen is home to 58 road bridges, handling 380,000 vehicles daily".
  4. 新浪网. "厦门"集美大桥"题名石碑高空断裂砸地(图)". Archived from the original on March 1, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016日.
  5. 蘋果日報. "江澤民題字大橋石碑離奇斷裂". Retrieved March 1, 2016.


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