The pillars are almost 2 feet or around 600 mm in diametre, with a thickness of 50 mm to ensure that they hold the weight of the steel girders and the rail lines above.

Keywords: Seismic performance. Steel plate girder bridges. Superstructures. Cyclic tests. Shaking table tests. Transverse seismic loads. Flexural-torsional response. Distribution. High seismicity.

A ceremony was held Tuesday to celebrate successful installation of the first steel truss girder of the 16.34-kilometer-long bridge linking Songxia Township of Changle and Pingtan Island. With the ...