The Qiongzhou Strait is only 19.4 kilometers wide, why not build a bridge across the sea? No money or no technology
The idea of establishing the Qiongzhou Strait passage between Guangdong and Hainan was proposed as early as 2008. The two provinces even reached an agreement on this and set up a special research team. However, this project has never been started. Why did China, which is crazy about infrastructure construction, give up the Qiongzhou Strait Passage? Since you are here, please pay attention and study with me!
Since it is to connect Guangdong and Hainan, it is not difficult to infer that the Qiongzhou Strait is located between Hainan Island and Guangdong Province. According to measurements, the width between the two places is about 30 kilometers. According to 30 kilometers, this The distance is not very far. However, the existence of the Qiongzhou Strait prevents direct communication between the mainland and Hainan Island, because there is no land transportation between the mainland and Hainan Island, so if you want to go from the mainland to Hainan, you only need to You can choose one of the two on the plane and the ship. It is very convenient for people who travel back and forth.
However, this is very inconvenient for the transportation of a large amount of goods. In order for these goods to reach Hainan Island smoothly, the train transporting the goods must be split into sections, and the tanker will be divided into sections. They were transported to the destination separately. Someone once timed the transportation process, and it took about four hours to complete, and the calculated four hours did not include the influence of weather and other factors. This is because sea voyages are very dependent on the weather. That is to say, whether the shipping can be carried out depends entirely on the mood of God. If you take the weather into account, a few hours is not enough. This is a great consumption both in terms of labor cost and time cost . In the face of such a situation, how can the construction of the Qiongzhou Strait Channel be stopped at any time?
Whether a project can be implemented depends on factors such as capital, environment and technology. First of all, in terms of funds, with regard to the Qiongzhou Strait passage, some people have proposed to build a tunnel, but according to the calculations of relevant experts, the cost of building a tunnel in this area has reached 50 billion yuan. Such a large cost is really difficult for China to consume. The cost of building transportation for the purpose of traffic is simply too high. Secondly, from an environmental point of view, some people proposed to build a clue bridge of more than 1,000 meters in the Qiongzhou Strait area. However, the service life of this clue bridge is very worrying, because the Qiongzhou Strait area is very windy, and the clue bridge cannot withstand the Qiongzhou Strait area. Windy weather, in other words, the bridge we spent a lot of money on, may be carried away by the wind at any time. Secondly, the Qiongzhou Strait is in a very embarrassing area. It is located in the Leiqiong earthquake zone. From the name, we can guess that moderate-intensity earthquakes will occur in the Qiongzhou Strait area from time to time, and the environment is very harsh.
In addition, from the perspective of traffic, Hainan Island has frequent typhoons in summer and autumn, and frequent fog in winter and spring, and the traffic on the road is very limited. Therefore, even if there is a cross-sea bridge, the possibility of people passing by Very low, so why spend huge sums of money to build a cross-sea bridge that almost no one uses? Isn't this the way to take advantage of it?
Traffic on the road is no longer feasible, so someone proposed the idea of building tunnels under the sea. Although China has built undersea tunnels in Qingdao, Xiamen, Zhuhai and other cities, the technology of our undersea tunnels is not yet mature, and the environment in the Qiongzhou Strait area Bad, there is no way to guarantee the successful construction and implementation of the subsea tunnel, therefore, this idea will die.
In general, the reason why the Qiongzhou Strait channel was not established is mainly because the cost is too high, the technology is immature, and the environment is too harsh. Perhaps with the development of future technology, the technology of the submarine tunnel will continue to mature, and the Qiongzhou Strait area will successfully build a submarine channel. Tunnels, but the cost cannot be guessed, are very expensive.