Hesheng Bridge, Cable-stayed bridge in Huicheng District, China
Hesheng Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Dongjiang in Huicheng District, Huizhou, linking Jiangbei with Xiaojiao. Its two pylon columns, 127.59 m tall and without crossbeams, are shaped like swans, and the deck is held by 27 pairs of stay cables, 108 in all, the heaviest weighing nearly 13 tonnes. The main span is 1.328 km long and 35 m wide, with two viewing platforms beneath the pylons.
Ground was broken on 21 March 2005 and work began that July; the bridge was joined on 29 April 2008 and opened to traffic on 2 September 2008. In November 2006 the city approved Hesheng Chuangzhan Group's paid naming of the then Xiajiao Dongjiang Bridge for 12 million yuan, 2 million of which funded a sanitation workers' dormitory and the rest upgrades to 20 schools in northern Huidong County.
The bridge's name comes from the property developer Hesheng Chuangzhan Group, which paid 12 million yuan in 2006 for the naming rights, the city's first paid naming of a bridge. Of that fee, 2 million yuan went to a sanitation workers' dormitory and the rest to renovating 20 schools in northern Huidong County. In 2009 it was chosen as one of the "Ten Scenes of Goose City" under the name "East River Heavenly Strings".
The bridge is designed for daily traffic and directly connects multiple neighborhoods. You can walk or drive across it while enjoying views of the water and surrounding areas.
The bridge's name was sold: Hesheng Chuangzhan Group paid 12 million yuan in 2006 for the naming rights, the first paid naming of a Huizhou bridge. Of that sum, 2 million yuan went to a dormitory for sanitation workers and the rest to renovating 20 schools in northern Huidong County.
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