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Kuwait Gulf Bridge 1,800-Ton Lifting and Transporting Erection Project


The Kuwait Gulf Bridge project was undertaken by South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction, utilizing a complete set of bridge-construction equipment—designed and manufactured by Xinfangda—that boasts the world’s largest lifting, transporting, and erection capacity at 1,800 metric tons, thereby establishing the company as a global leader in high-end bridge construction equipment. In addition, the project achieved breakthroughs in a series of key technologies for operating such equipment under ultra-high-temperature conditions. The project was awarded the Silver Prize in China’s “Good Design” competition and was featured on CCTV’s program “Major National Equipment.”

The Kuwait Gulf Bridge project comprises a 36-kilometer-long dual-carriageway bridge spanning the Kuwait Bay, connecting Kuwait City with Subiya, the site of the proposed “Silk City” development.

The bridge is constructed using the full-span method, with standard precast segments measuring 60 meters for the main bridge and the north bridge, and 30 to 40 meters for the south bridge and the interchange area. The 60-meter-long span segment weighs 1,700 tons, making it the largest bridge segment constructed using this method. Previously, the largest were the 1,400-ton segment of South Korea’s Incheon Bridge and the 1,400-ton segment of China’s Hangzhou Bay Bridge.

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Kuwait Gulf Bridge: New Dafang’s 1,800-ton Lifting and Erection Equipment

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