Aerial photo taken on Nov. 13, 2021 shows a view of the Meizhou Bay cross-sea bridge under construction, as a part of the Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway, in southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
PUTIAN, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- A new bridge on a sea-crossing high-speed railway connecting the cities of Fuzhou and Xiamen in southeast China's Fujian Province was joined together on Saturday.
The Meizhou Bay cross-sea bridge is one of the major parts of the 277-km Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway which is under construction.
The length of the bridge is about 14.7 km, and its builder said it is the country's first extradosed cable-stayed bridge on a sea-crossing high-speed railway.
With a designed speed of 350 km per hour, the high-speed railway is expected to slash the travel time from the province's capital Fuzhou to the tourist attraction Xiamen within one hour.
Aerial photo taken on Nov. 13, 2021 shows a view of the Meizhou Bay cross-sea bridge under construction, as a part of the Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway, in southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
Aerial photo taken on Nov. 13, 2021 shows a view of the Meizhou Bay cross-sea bridge under construction, as a part of the Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway, in southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
Aerial photo taken on Nov. 13, 2021 shows a view of the Meizhou Bay cross-sea bridge under construction, as a part of the Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway, in southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
Aerial photo taken on Nov. 13, 2021 shows a view of the Meizhou Bay cross-sea bridge under construction, as a part of the Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway, in southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)■
