Xiwei Bridge ( zh, t=溪尾大橋, p=Xīwěi Dàqiáo) is a

bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

across the

Dadu River The Dadu River (), known in Tibetan as the Gyelmo Ngul Chu, is a major river located primarily in Sichuan province, southwestern China. The Dadu flows from the eastern Tibetan Plateau into the Sichuan Basin where it joins with the Min River, a t ...

Wuri District Wuri District () is a suburban district in southern Taichung, Taiwan. Both of the two north–south freeways (National Freeway 1 and National Freeway 3) pass through Wuri. Wuri is also home to a large military training centre, Chengkungling, as w ...

Taichung City Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Tai ...

, Taiwan. The bridge connects Taichung with Xiwei Village, a

pene-exclave An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...

on the southwest bank of the river. Another bridge, known as the Xiwei Second Bridge ( zh, t=溪尾二橋), serves as the road's westward extension into Fenyuan Township,

Changhua County Changhua County ( Mandarin Pinyin: ''Zhānghuà Xiàn''; Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴ Hsien⁴''; Hokkien POJ: ''Chiang-hòa-koān'' or ''Chiong-hòa-koān'') is the smallest county on the main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth small ...

History

The Dadu River has historically been the boundary between Taichung and Changhua. On August 7, 1959, a major flood changed the course of the river and isolated Xiwei Village from the rest of Taichung. While there are multiple roads connecting Xiwei to Changhua County, there was no direct method for Xiwei residents to reach Taichung. The

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ceremony for the main bridge was held on July 30, 2014, and the bridge's construction was completed on November 21, 2016. On the Xiwei end, the road stopped at a

T-intersection A three-way junction (or three-way intersection) is a type of road intersection with three arms. A Y junction (or Y intersection) generally has three arms of equal size coming at an acute or obtuse angle to each other; while a T junction (or T ...

with the one-lane, Qingguang Road, which led to frequent accidents as cars tried to pass each other in the narrow space. Three passing areas were built in 2017 as a temporary solution while the second bridge was under construction. The groundbreaking ceremony for the Xiwei Second Bridge occurred on October 31, 2018, and was completed on February 6, 2021.

Design

Xiwei Bridge is long and wide and carries two lanes of vehicular traffic. The road on the Wuri side is Huanzhong Road Section 8, while the Xiwei side is Huangzhong Road Section 9. The middle section is made of two steel

tied-arch A tied-arch bridge is an arch bridge in which the outward horizontal forces of the arch(es) caused by tension at the arch ends to a foundation are countered by equal tension of its own gravity plus any element of the total deck structure such grea ...

spans with two

cable-stayed A cable-stayed bridge has one or more ''towers'' (or ''pylons''), from which cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, normally forming a fan-like pattern ...

spans on each side.

Girder bridges A girder bridge is a bridge that uses girders as the means of supporting its deck. The two most common types of modern steel girder bridges are plate and box. The term "girder" is often used interchangeably with "beam" in reference to bridge de ...

lead up to the middle section on both sides. The bridge cost to build. Xiwei Second Bridge is located to the west of Xiwei Bridge, carrying two lanes of traffic over the Maoluo River. The

prestressed Prestressed concrete is a form of concrete used in construction. It is substantially "prestressed" ( compressed) during production, in a manner that strengthens it against tensile forces which will exist when in service. Post-tensioned concreted i ...

girder bridge is long, connecting Xiwei to Fenyuan Township in Changhua County. The construction cost to build. The two bridges form a direct connection between

National Freeway 3 National Freeway 3 (), also known as Formosa Freeway (), is a freeway in Taiwan. It is the second north–south freeway in Taiwan, beginning in Keelung City at Jijin Interchange on the provincial highway 2 (Jijin Road) and ending in Linbian, Ping ...

and Provincial Highway 14.

References

{{reflist 2016 establishments in Taiwan 2021 establishments in Taiwan Bridges completed in 2016 Bridges completed in 2021 Bridges in Taichung Bridges in Changhua County

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