The erection of the steel truss girder at the first pass of the Motumti Bridge in Bangladesh begins

In recent days,With the lifting of the first steel truss beam member, the first hole steel truss of motumoti Bridge, the railway connecting connection of Padma Bridge in Bangladesh, built by China Railway Bridge Bureau, began to be erected, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent construction and the completion of the project.

The bridge profile

Motumoti Bridge is located near Rohagora, Bangladesh. It crosses the Motumoti River. It is the third steel truss bridge of Mengtie Project, with a total length of 1218 meters and two abutments and 11 piers.

Motoumotti bridge is a (12 x 101.5) m simply supported steel truss bridge. The main girder of single-hole steel truss has a calculated span of 100 m. The steel girder of the whole bridge weighs 14,232 tons, 1.4 times that of the Eiffel Tower.

Bridge, a total of 12 Kong Gang girder, using "pusher + assembled in situ" to set up the construction, the erection of steel truss beam to P8 - the number of the P9 beam, steel truss beam per hole 10 internode, each internode length is 10 meters, and set on the bottom chord, longitudinal and vertical and horizontal beam, scattered, is used in the main girder node on the bottom chord, plate by big CHS joints and splicing plate bolted in the node.

The bridge construction

Severe outbreak in Bangladesh and monsoon weather is one of the largest resistance, site construction padma bridge connecting project department to strive for excellence overseas landmark projects as the goal, insist on grasping and epidemic prevention of flood, stresses the safety in production, to overcome the outbreak, floods, and the effects of high temperature, create a favorable construction conditions for the project smoothly.