Motorists traveling on Huxin Road or Shuanghu Road in Doumen will be able to reach Xiangzhous Zaobei in around 20 minutes when operations begin on the initial part of the Xianghai Bridges west extension in 2024, staff members of Zhuhai Communication Group announced on Aug 22.

Xianghai Bridges west extension will be a dual six-lane express road with a designed speed limit of 100 km/h (62 mph). It will go over Huxin Road in the form of a viaduct to lead motorists to Shuanghu Road, relieving traffic pressure in Zhuhais east and west wings. 

Construction site of the initial part of the Xianghai Bridges west extension [Photo by He Tanpo and Chen Qingyang / Zhuhai Daily]

Construction on the 4.3-km (2.67-mile) TJ1 section of the initial part of the bridges west extension started in 2021. It includes the Huxin Road Interchange and four ramps, heading southwest across the Shengli and Baiteng rivers. 

Li Zhuo, an engineer in the Xianghai Bridges project management department, said that 35 percent of the roadbed construction has been finished, while 60 percent of the bridge construction has been completed. In addition, the main structure and supporting facilities of tunnels have been completed. Two ramps connecting the Huxin Interchange and ground-level roads will finish civil construction in the end of August, while installation of steel box girders on the right side of the viaduct across Huxin Road will be finished in early September, preparing for TJ1s completion in May 2023.

The 1.9-km (1.2-mile) TJ2 section has two main bridges, four ramp bridges, and toll stations on ramps near the Shuanghu Road Interchange.