Beian Bridge

Beian bridge, located near the Italian style street, was built in 1939. It is a cross sea river bridge connecting Shengli Road in Hebei District and Fu'an street in Heping District.

The bridge is very European style. There are sculptures of girls with different poses on the railings of the bridge. Standing on the bridge, you can overlook the beautiful scenery of Haihe River and the ancient buildings on both sides, which is very suitable for taking photos.

Beian Bridge

Beian bridge was built in 1939. It is located at the junction of Heping District and Hebei District. The cross sea river bridge connecting Shengli Road, Hebei District, Tianjin and Fu'an street, Heping District.

It was rebuilt as a reinforced concrete bridge in 1973. The whole bridge has three spans, with a span of 93 meters, a span of 24.8 meters and a width of 24.6 meters, including 18 meters for the motorway, 3 meters for each side of the sidewalk and 0.3 meters for the left and right railings.

Haihe River was uplifted in 2004. It was designed by Tianjin Urban Construction Design Institute and constructed by Tianjin urban construction group. After reconstruction, the original bridge was lifted by 1.5 meters, the two sides of the original bridge were widened by 9 meters, and the hydrophilic platform with a span of 4 meters was added on both sides of the original abutment. The reconstructed Bei'an bridge embodies the classical architectural style.

The sculpture at the bridge head adopts the western classical form of expression and absorbs the Chinese tradition. The green dragon, the white tiger, the rosefinch, the Xuanwu, and the meaning of peace in the southeast, northwest and all directions. The statue at the bridge pier is decorated with a Bronze Dragon on the front. On the base of the bridge column, there are four musicians with different dancing postures and glittering gold. The modeling is high, classic and elegant. They hold different musical instruments in their hands, pipa, Sheng and Xiao. The reconstructed Bei'an bridge is a perfect combination of classic and fashion. With its unique style, it has become another highlight on the Haihe River.

Bridge history

Beian bridge on the Haihe River was built in 1939. It was originally a wooden bridge, which was called "new bridge" and "Japanese Bridge" after its completion. In 1945, after the victory of the Anti Japanese War, the bridge was rebuilt and renamed "Shengli Bridge", which has been used since liberation. In 1973, Beian bridge was rebuilt into cement structure, replacing the original Shengli Bridge.

Uplift and reconstruction

Renovation plan

In 2004, according to the comprehensive development and reconstruction plan and navigation requirements of Haihe River, Beian bridge needs to be raised by 1.2 meters, and a new bridge with a width of 9 meters will be built on both sides, of which 6 meters is for non motor vehicles and 3 meters is for sidewalks. The old beianqiao bridge after jacking up will be dedicated to motor vehicles. The span layout of the main span in the river of the new bridge is the same as that of the original bridge. At the same time, considering the passage of pedestrians and the crossing of the sunken pavement of Haihe West Road, the bridge span layout is increased.

The lifting of Bei'an bridge adopts synchronous lifting method, which is divided into five steps. On the one hand, this technology can not damage the existing bridge structure, on the other hand, it has a small impact on the traffic, which can greatly relieve the pressure brought by the traffic. The jacking will be completed by 36 sets of jacks with each bearing 200 tons. Each pier is symmetrically divided into two control areas, and the whole bridge is divided into eight areas. After the traffic is blocked, the staff will first cut off the bridge surface connection, loosen the anchor connection bolts of the fixed support, and then start to weigh the bridge body. After confirming that the stress of each support is balanced, the test jack up of 2cm will be carried out. The next step is the construction of concrete-filled steel tube bearing pad stone, and finally the beam is set to fix the bearing.

Lifting process

The first step is weighing

It is mainly used to test the reliability of the lifting system and the safety of the overall lifting of the bridge, as well as the authenticity and reliability of the weighing results. The test jacking height is 2 cm.

The second step is to try jacking

That is to measure the actual load distribution of the bridge. According to the existing bridge drawings, the general load distribution diagram is firstly determined, and the theoretical load oil pressure of each jack is calculated according to the load distribution diagram.

The third step is formal jacking

The jacking force of each jack remains unchanged, and the bridge is lifted 1.7 meters in 17 times, 10 cm each time.

Step 4: concrete filled steel tube bearing pad stone

Step 5: put the beam in place

After the construction of the steel pipe concrete bearing of the bridge is completed, the bridge will fall down 20 cm in two stages one by one, and the jacking height of 1.5 m will be completed. The whole jacking process is over.

Bridge decoration

After Beian bridge is lifted in place, a new widened bridge will be built on both sides of the bridge, a hydrophilic platform channel will be built, and the overall architectural landscape decoration will be carried out at the same time. According to experts, the architectural decoration design not only takes into account the profound historical and cultural background on both sides of the Haihe River, but also combines the structural type of the original bridge, and learns from Alexander III bridge in Paris, France, which is a Western classical architectural style. The sculptures at the head of Bei'an bridge adopt the western classical style, including the "green dragon", "white tiger", "rosefinch" and "Xuanwu" which symbolize the safety of the East, South, West and North, the bronze embossed "Panlong" pier statues and the four "yuenv" statues with different dancing postures on the base of the bridge column. Four statues of Le Nu and two sculptures of Pan Long have been installed. Among them, four bronze "yuenv" are about 2.8 meters high, holding four different musical instruments in their hands: Ruan, panxiao, Pipa and Sheng, striving to highlight the classical charm of China; the two dragon sculptures adopt a combination of Chinese and Western styles. The dragon head, dragon body and dragon claws are all gold. They occupy both sides of the bridge upstream and downstream of the Haihe River, as if rising from the water, lifelike. The pavement of sidewalk and non motor vehicle road is made of granite, and the stone balustrade of bottle type. The reconstructed and decorated Bei'an bridge will become a perfect combination of classic and fashion, adding a beautiful link to the new blueprint of Haihe.

Address: Shengli Road (Bei'an Road), Hebei District, Tianjin

Longitude: 117.1948 645711

Latitude: 39.133398087538

Tour time: half an hour

Traffic information: walk south from Italian style street.

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

Chinese PinYin : Bei An Qiao