Recently, the bidding process for the franchise operation of the Jianchang Songlingmen section of the Qinhuangdao Shenyang Expressway has officially started. This project is an important component of the expressway network planning in Liaoning Province. After completion, it will significantly improve the transportation infrastructure in the western Liaoning region and effectively promote the high-quality development of the regional economy and society.

Project Overview: Connecting multiple regions in western Liaoning and linking the first phase of the project

The Qinhuangdao Shenyang Expressway has a total length of 402.601 kilometers within Liaoning Province and adopts a phased construction model. Among them, the first phase of the project from Songlingmen to Shenyang has been completed and implemented through a franchise model in 2024. The Jianchang to Songlingmen section launched this time belongs to the second phase of the project, starting from Xiwopu Village, Bashhan Township, Jianchang County, Huludao City, Liaoning Province, and ending at Songlingmen Village, Songlingmen Mongolian Township, Chaoyang County, Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province. It is smoothly connected with the first phase of the project, with a total length of 80.120 kilometers.

Project scale: High proportion of bridges and tunnels, complete supporting facilities

The project construction covers multiple aspects such as road engineering, bridge and tunnel structures, interchanges, and supporting service facilities. Interchanges: There are a total of 6 interchanges along the entire line, including Bashhan (hub type), Niangniang Temple, Shangzhi, Gandeyingzi, Dongdatun, and Songlingmen (hub type). It should be noted that the four ramps involved in the Songlingmen interchange from Shenyang to Chaoyang and from Shenyang to Jinzhou have been designed in the first phase of the project, which only includes the four ramps from Qinhuangdao to Chaoyang and from Qinhuangdao to Jinzhou. Bridge and Tunnel Engineering: There is one tunnel along the entire line, with a total length of 980 meters; There are 56 types of bridges with a total length of 12760 meters, including 43 large bridges (totaling 11721 meters) and 13 medium and small bridges (totaling 1039 meters); 114 culverts; 21 separated overpasses; There are 9 channels with a total length of 145 meters.

Service and management facilities: Two service areas will be constructed simultaneously for the project, located in Linglong Tower and Pingfang respectively; Two maintenance work areas; One monitoring communication sub center and one monitoring communication station are established to comprehensively ensure convenient services and efficient management during road operation. Investment and Tendering: The total investment amount is 8.566 billion yuan, led by the Liaoning Provincial Department of Transport

The total investment amount of this project is 8566028400 yuan, and the bidder is the Department of Transportation of Liaoning Province. The project adopts a franchise model to introduce social capital participation, aiming to expand diversified investment and financing channels and further improve the efficiency of project construction and operation management.

Project significance: Improve the regional road network structure and stimulate new drivers of economic growth

The construction of the Jianchang to Songlingmen section of the Qinshen Expressway is an important measure for Liaoning Province to implement China's "Transportation Power" strategy. After the completion of the project, it will effectively connect multiple regions such as Huludao City and Chaoyang City in Liaoning Province, strengthen the transportation links between the western Liaoning region and the Beijing Tianjin Hebei urban agglomeration as well as the Shenyang metropolitan area, significantly shorten the spatial and temporal distance of the region, promote resource development, industrial structure upgrading, and urban-rural integration along the route. At the same time, as a key link in the completion of the Qinhuangdao Shenyang expressway, this project is of great significance for optimizing the layout of the expressway network in Liaoning Province and enhancing the overall traffic capacity of the road network.

At present, the project bidding has been fully launched, and the subsequent selection of social capital partners will strictly follow the principles of openness, fairness, and impartiality. The industry generally believes that this project has a large investment scale and significant social benefits, and is expected to become a demonstration case for social capital to participate in China's transportation infrastructure construction. (This article is from the official website www.seetao.com of Jian Dao. Reproduction without permission is prohibited, otherwise it will be prosecuted. Please indicate Jian Dao website+original link when reprinting.) Jian Dao website infrastructure engineering column editor/Yang Beihua