A bridge in Zibo, Shandong was broken by floods, local: construction and maintenance immediately after the design is completed

Jimu Journalist Xiao Mingyuan Li Yang

Affected by the continuous rainfall, the water volume of Zihe, Zibo City, Shandong Province increased. At 11 am on August 11, a bridge on the river was temporarily banned due to the collapse of the flood. It is reported that the bridge was built in 1978 and is an important channel connecting Taihe Town and Zichuan City.

Bridge collapse (picture source: Xiumei Taihe public account)

Videos shot in Zibo City showed that the middle part of the local bridge has collapsed, and the bridge deck at the collapse sinks into the river, and the river water flows are very urgent.

Image source: network

"At about 11 am on the 11th, the bridge collapsed." Mr. Li, a local citizen, said that he heard that the same day was closed, so he went to see it. The bridge has collapsed, and the riverside rate is fast. "Mr. Li said that the same ancient bridge is an important channel connecting Taihe Town and Zichuan City. After the bridge collapsed, they needed to detour to Taihe Town, causing inconvenience.

According to the Qilu Evening News, affected by the continuous rainfall, the amount of water in the Zihe River in Zichuan District increased. At 6 am on the 11th, it was located on the lower part of the Zizi Bridge (Tong ancient bridge) pier on the middle of Zihezhong Road, Zichuan District. Broken by the river. At 11 o'clock, the bridge pier in the center of the bridge collapsed completely, and the bridge surface sank into the river. At present, the Zichuan District Transportation Bureau has contacted the design institute for evaluation and design. After the design work is completed, the bridge will be constructed immediately.

The Zichuan Traffic Police Brigade issued an emergency reminder at 10 am on August 11, saying that there was a problem with the bridge pier of Zihe Bridge in Zi Middle Road. It has been prohibited from passing. Please choose other routes by vehicles. Since then, Zibo City's Zichuan District Transportation Bureau issued an urgent notice saying that Ziheqiao, Zizhong Road, forbid all vehicles and pedestrians to pass through.

Earlier, the Water Conservancy Bureau of Linzi District, Zibo City issued the "Notice on Increasing the Flood Relief of the Taihe Reservoir", saying that from 7:30 on August 10, the flood reservoir flow of Taihe Reservoir increased from 40M³/s to 140m³³ /s. During the flood discharge period, the river was deeply flowing, reminding the public to drive around, and do not go to Hanoi to swim, to play water, fishing, net fish, and grazing.

Jimu Journalists saw that the retired cadre of the Zichuan District Transportation Bureau Li Xian has written an article "Bridge on Zi River", which was reprinted by the official WeChat public account of the People's Government of Taihe Town, Zichuan District. According to the article, in September 1978, the local investment of 950,000 yuan was built on the same ancient flat arch bridge, 16 holes, a single hole span 8 meters, the arch thickness was 0.32 meters, the bridge was 149.2 meters long, and a safety column was set on both sides of the bridge surface. , Driving Width is 7 meters wide and the bridge is 3.3 meters high, which solves the problem of Zi Emperor's highway across Zihe.

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