In March 2026, a major transportation artery connecting Qingyuan and Zhuhai will reach a critical node amidst the continuous mountains in northern Guangdong. When the list of successful bidders for the franchise operation of the Qingyuan Zhuhai Expressway Lianshan Qingxin section project was announced, the consortium led by CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. secured the first spot with an investment scale of 34.2 billion yuan. This highway, with a total length of 165 kilometers and a bridge tunnel ratio of over half, is about to move from the planning drawings to the northern part of Guangdong, opening up a new pattern for north-south transportation in Qingyuan.

China Communications Construction Corporation takes the lead

According to the announcement of the winning bidder candidates for this franchise operation, the joint venture of China Communications Fourth Navigation Engineering Co., Ltd., China Highway Engineering Consulting Group Co., Ltd., China Communications Road and Bridge Construction Co., Ltd., China Communications Financial Leasing Co., Ltd., and China Communications Infrastructure Maintenance Group Co., Ltd. ranked first, with a total investment of 34.20238 billion yuan. Guangxi Road and Bridge Engineering Group Co., Ltd. and Sichuan Highway and Bridge Construction Group Co., Ltd. ranked second and third respectively. The leading advantage of the cross-linked polymer has laid a solid foundation for its subsequent leading project construction.

Hundreds of bridges crossing northern Guangdong

The entire project is located in Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, passing through Lianshan, Liannan, Yangshan, and Qingxin from north to south. It starts from Baishiguan, the boundary between Guangdong and Hunan provinces, and finally connects with the under construction Qinghua Expressway in Wuxing, Taihe Town. The recommended route has a total length of 164.894 kilometers, with 111 bridges and 20 tunnels, and a bridge tunnel ratio of 51.87%. The entire line is constructed according to the standard of a two-way six lane expressway, with a design speed of 120 kilometers per hour. The design speed for the section from Liannan to Zhaigang is 100 kilometers per hour, and the construction period is tentatively set at 3 years. Keywords: Infrastructure Engineering News Network, Highway Construction

The three-year construction period is ready to take off

As an important north-south passage in northern Guangdong, this project is basically parallel to the Xuguang Expressway. After completion, it will effectively divert existing traffic pressure and improve the structure of the regional expressway network. There are 13 interchanges, 4 service areas, and 3 parking areas along the project route, which will effectively drive the economic and social development of areas along the route such as Lianshan, Liannan, and Yangshan. With the announcement of the bidding candidates for the franchise investors, this highway project with a total cost of over 34.2 billion yuan has made significant progress and is not far from official construction.Editor/Gao Xue