The 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Turkey caused a large number of casualties, and various buildings were seriously damaged. However, a bridge built in Sichuan has withstood the test of the earthquake. At present, the bridge body is safe and the traffic is normal.

It is reported that the 1915 Canakkale Bridge, located in Canakkale Province in western Turkey, will be opened to traffic in March 2022, crossing the Dardanelles, connecting Gripolu on the European coast and Lapski on the Asian coast. With a length of 2023 meters, it is the largest span suspension bridge in the world.

It shortens the sea-crossing journey that would have taken an hour to take a ferry to only 6 minutes, saving Turkey about 3 billion yuan a year. In terms of bridge design, as the only Chinese-funded construction enterprise, Sichuan Road Bridge, a subsidiary of Shudao Group, has fully considered the impact of earthquakes in its design, and its seismic rating is 10.

In the end, the team strictly implemented the process requirements, ensured the quality of the project, and escorted the structural safety of the bridge, so that the Sichuan Bridge, made in China, can withstand various tests.Editor/XingWentao