The largest bridge span in Songxi County - Yuejin Bridge. Photo by Chen Zechao
On October 12, the first secondary road in Songxi, Fujian was fully completed and opened to traffic. The Songxi project line has a total length of 19.385 kilometers and is constructed according to the standard of secondary highways; two-way lanes cover 2 lanes to 8 lanes, and the width of the roadbed varies from 26-54 meters. It includes 3 sub-projects, 4 bridges and 3 tunnels.
It is understood that, as a well-known impoverished county located in the mountainous area of northern Fujian and Fujian Province, for a long time, the lagging traffic conditions have seriously restricted the economic development of Songxi County. In 2017, the builders of the fifth company of China Construction First Bureau came here to build roads on this land, build bridges when encountering water, and build infrastructure. After 5 years, the national precision poverty alleviation project built by the fifth company of China Construction First Bureau and the key livelihood project in Fujian Province - the EPC general contracting project of transportation infrastructure construction in Songxi County, Nanping City, was fully opened to traffic, and the completed "four bridges and three tunnels" ” and the railway station connecting line project to help the “small county town” set off on the road to rural revitalization and prosperity, benefiting the urban area, 2 towns, 6 townships, 109 villages, and 170,000 Songxi people.
Songxi County Yangtze River Bridge. Photo by Chen Zechao
"I can enter the city by crossing the bridge, which is convenient for me to do business, just like living in the city." 57-year-old Chen Zulun lives in Miaoxia Village, Changxiang Village, Hedong Township, and sells vegetables and fruits in the fields every day to the county seat. "It's more convenient for us to transport tea to Zhenghe White Tea City," said Songxi tea farmer Mr. Ye. "I used to go out to work, and if I wanted to go far, it would take more than an hour to get to the nearest Nanping high-speed rail station. Now, as soon as I go out, I can reach the train station in less than 10 minutes. The road is open and the train is open. Now, it's so convenient to go anywhere from Songxi!" The road at the door of the house was smooth, which made Ms. Li excited when she went out to work. The problem of people's travel difficulties in Songxi has been completely solved, which has greatly promoted the development of people flow, logistics, capital flow and information flow.
The longest tunnel in Songxi County - Zhailing Tunnel. Photo by Chen Zechao
The connection line of Songxi County Railway Station. Chen Zechao's photo by
, which is the "first kilometer" of public travel. The project covers 109 villages, 6 townships, and 2 towns, and realizes "hardening the road when you go out and getting on the bus with your feet up". Take Changjiang Village, Hedong Township, and Qianqiao Village, Songyuan Street, for example. The two villages are only 10 kilometers apart, but they are separated by a river and two mountains. In the past, it was necessary to bypass the county town and take a mountain road, which was a 40-minute drive. The distance is shortened to 3 kilometers, and it only takes 3 minutes to reach it directly. Bridges, roads, avenues and small roads are connecting points into lines and networks are converging into a large traffic network, opening up bridges between cities, narrowing the distance between townships and connecting townships. The gully between villages facilitates the travel of the masses and expands the happiness space of urban and rural people. (Correspondent Yan Danna and Chen Zechao)
The Qilixi Bridge, the largest high-pier bridge in Songxi County. Photo by Chen Zechao
