On April 19, the 2021 International Bridge Conference (IBC) awards review was completed. Three bridges from China won the awards, of which two were built by the Hubei Bridge Construction Corps. Among them, the Shanghai-Sutong Yangtze River Highway and Railway Bridge won the George Richardson Award, which was built by the Central Enterprise China Railway Bridge Bureau in Hubei and the China Communications Second Aviation Bureau. Another Han-Shi High-speed Railway Cuijiaying Hanjiang Bridge won the Railway Bridge Award. Bureau construction. In addition, the Pingtang Bridge on the Pingtang to Luodian Expressway won the Gustavs Lindesar Prize.

The Shanghai-Sutong Yangtze River Highway and Railway Bridge opened to traffic on July 1, 2020. It is located in the Chengtong section of the Yangtze River, starting from Tongzhou District of Nantong City in the north and Zhangjiagang City in the south. The main channel bridge has a main span of 1092 meters, which is the world's first cable-stayed road-rail bridge with a main span of more than one kilometer; the main tower is 330 meters high and is currently the world's highest road-rail dual-use bridge main tower.

The Cuijiaying Han River Bridge opened to traffic on November 29, 2019. It is located outside the ancient city of Xiangyang in Hubei, adjacent to the famous cultural mountain Xianshan. It uses a (135+2×300+135)-meter continuous steel structure-flexible arch new combination structure to span the Hanjiang River. The most critical control project for the entire high-speed railway line successfully increased the span of high-speed railway concrete beams from 200 meters to 300 meters. The bridge is the world's first continuous steel arch bridge with a speed of 350 kilometers per hour and a span of 300 meters.

It is understood that the International Bridge Conference is a highly prestigious international bridge academic conference hosted by the Pennsylvania Western Engineers Association, and has a very high influence in the world bridge industry.

There are a total of 7 IBC Bridge Project Awards. The "George Richardson Award" won by the Shanghai-Sutong Yangtze River Highway Bridge this time is the earliest and most influential award established by the International Bridge Association. Since 2008, the Hubei Bridge Construction Corps, represented by enterprises such as China Railway Bridge Bureau and China Communications Second Aviation Bureau, has built 8 bridges that have won the "George Richardson Award." In addition to the Shanghai-Sutong Yangtze River Highway and Railway Bridge, there are also Sutong Yangtze River Highway Bridge, Nanjing Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge, Qingdao Bay Bridge (also known as Jiaozhou Bay Cross-sea Bridge), Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge, Wuhan Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge, Ma'anshan Yangtze River Bridge, Wuhu Yangtze River Second Bridge. At present, the Hubei Bridge Construction Corps has won 18 international bridge awards, ranking first in China. Editor/He Yuting