A few days ago, the Jiajiang Bridge of Nanjing Yingtian Street Tunnel was temporarily closed due to an accident, and many Jiangxinzhou residents and Jiangbei car owners said that they were late for work due to this. Some netizens proposed, "It's time for Jiang Xinzhou to build an independent channel." "What are the river crossing channels in Jiangxinzhou? What is the progress of the much-touted Jiangxinzhou Independent Passage? What other river crossings are worth looking forward to in Nanjing? Modern Express reporters investigated.
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There are currently two passages for Jiang Xinzhou to drive out of the island
Mr. Zhang, who lives in Jiangxinzhou, told reporters that after the Jiajiang Bridge was closed due to an accident not long ago, he sent his children to Longjiang to go to school and then returned to Jiangxinzhou, and made a detour to the Jiangxinzhou Yangtze River Bridge, which was blocked for an hour before getting off the bridge. "Because there are fewer exits, the Jiangshan Street Tunnel is basically jammed with traffic every day." Mr. Zhang said that once the Jiajiang Bridge is closed due to a major accident, the pressure on the Yangtze River Bridge in Jiangxinzhou is bound to be greater. Mr. Zhang said that he would like to build an independent river crossing channel in the heart of the river.
Jiangxinzhou is located in the middle of Jiangbei New Area and the main city of Hexi. At present, residents can drive in and out of the island by taking the Yingtian Street Tunnel (Jiajiang Bridge) and Jiangxinzhou Yangtze River Bridge (Jiajiang Tunnel) two major river crossing channels. In terms of public transportation, there is Jiangxinzhou Station of Metro Line 10 on the island, and bus lines No. 486 have been opened one after another, as well as bus lines No. 552 and No. 553 connecting Hexi. On May 1 this year, the resumption of sailing from Cotton Embankment to Flagpole Ferry also provided a new way for residents to travel by bicycle and on foot out of the island. In addition, there is currently the second phase of Metro Line 4 under construction on the island, and the conditions for setting up stations are reserved.
However, there are still some residents who find it not very easy to get in and out of the island. "This is because the original transportation development of Jiangxinzhou relied on the river crossing channel on the Yangtze River to solve the problem, which was a free ride." Relevant traffic experts said that now it seems that this "hitchhiking" mode of transportation can not meet the travel needs of the island, and it is precisely because of this that the planning and construction of an independent river crossing channel has become an urgent need for Jiangxinzhou.
In fact, as the main arteries of Nanjing's Jiangnan and Jiangbei crossings, the rising traffic flow of Yingtian Street Tunnel and Jiangxinzhou Yangtze River Bridge has also intensified the sense of urgency for Jiangxinzhou to build an independent river crossing channel.
During the past "May Day" holiday, the estimated traffic of the three passages of Yingtian Street Tunnel, Dinghuaimen Tunnel and Jiangxinzhou Yangtze River Bridge exceeded the historical peak, reaching 347,800 vehicles. Among them, the average daily traffic volume of Yingtian Street Tunnel is 97,500 vehicles, and the average daily traffic volume of Jiangxinzhou Yangtze River Bridge is 101,600 vehicles. The Jiangxinzhou Yangtze River Bridge was completed and opened to traffic in December 2020, and by the end of 2023, 81.94 million vehicles have been passed, with an average of 90,000 vehicles per day. In June 2021, it has reached an average daily design saturation flow of 60,000 vehicles. And the traffic of the bridge is gradually increasing year by year.
The Jiangxinzhou Independent River Crossing Corridor is striving to be included in the city-level planning
At the end of 2023, the long-awaited plan for an independent river crossing channel for Jiangxinzhou residents officially surfaced.
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On November 23, 2023, the Jiangsu Provincial Bidding and Bidding Public Service Platform issued the "Jiangxinzhou Crossing the Jiajiang Channel Planning Scheme and Engineering Feasibility Study Project JJTD-GHGK Bidding Announcement (Re-announcement)". The announcement mentions that the preliminary research funds for the Jiangxinzhou Jiajiang Passage have been implemented, and Sino-Singapore Nanjing Eco-Hi-Tech Island Investment and Development Co., Ltd. is entrusted by the Management Committee of Jiangsu Nanjing Eco-Hi-Tech Island Economic Development Zone, the investor, to implement the planning scheme and engineering feasibility study project of the Jiangxinzhou Crossing the Jiajiang Channel, and the tenderer is the Nanjing Public Works Construction Center.
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On December 22, 2023, the Jiangsu Provincial Bidding and Bidding Public Service Platform released the "Announcement of the Bid Evaluation Results of the Jiangxinzhou Crossing the Jiajiang Passage Planning Plan and Engineering Feasibility Study Project". This means that the planning and feasibility study of the Jiangxinzhou crossing the Jiajiang River is on the agenda.
According to the two announcements, the proposed new Jiajiang channel mainly serves the needs of buses and slow traffic out of the island, while taking into account motor vehicles.
What is the current progress of this independent river crossing? During the interview, the reporter learned that the project is still striving to be included in the municipal planning stage, and if it can be implemented in the future, it also needs to be reported to the Provincial Development and Reform Commission for approval, and at the same time reported to the relevant state departments for the record.
"At present, there is no problem in the necessity of the construction of the independent passage across the Jiajiang River in Jiangxinzhou, and everyone agrees." Another traffic expert told reporters that the current research on the project's transportation itself has been almost done, but there are many complex factors such as flood control, ecological protection, and engineering impact that need to be comprehensively studied and considered, and any key factor may affect the implementation of the project.
It is worth mentioning that on Jiangxinzhou, the river crossing channel that has been included in the national planning and has not yet been implemented is also the Hanzhong West Road river crossing channel. However, it is also a highly controversial cross-river route scheme due to the direct flow of large traffic into the central roads of the city. In the previous interview, the reporter learned that the feasibility study of the project has been started for the Hanzhong West Road cross-river channel, and the construction will be started in a timely manner depending on the progress of the preliminary work, research results and scheme design.
Nanjing has built 11 and 13 cross-river passages, with an average daily traffic of about 580,000 vehicles
According to the new round of urban master planning, a total of 25 28 river crossing channels are planned within the city of Nanjing, including 15 road cross-river channels, namely the Yangtze River Bridge, Baguazhou Yangtze River Bridge (Yangtze River Second Bridge), Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge (Yangtze River Third Bridge), Qixiashan Yangtze River Bridge (Yangtze River Fourth Bridge), Yingtian Street Yangtze River Tunnel (Yangtze River Tunnel), Dinghuaimen Yangtze River Tunnel (Yangtze River Tunnel), Jiangxinzhou Yangtze River Bridge (Yangtze River Five Bridges), Yanziji Yangtze River Tunnel (and Yan Road River Crossing Channel), Xinshengwei Yangtze River Bridge (Xianxin Road River Crossing Channel), Jianning Road Yangtze River Tunnel (Jianning West Road River Crossing Channel), Longtan River Crossing Channel, Jinwen Road, Qixiang River, Hanzhong West Road, Longyi River Crossing Channel. There are 4 railway cross-river passages, namely the Yangtze River Bridge Railway Bridge, the Dashengguan Railway Bridge, the Shangyuanmen Railway Cross-River Channel, and the Qixianghe Railway Cross-River Channel. There are 9 urban rail cross-river passages, namely Metro Line 3, Line 10, Line 4, Line 13, Line 14, Line 17, Line 18 (Nanjing North Railway Station connects to Lukou Airport Express), S3 Ninghe Intercity, and S5 Ningyiyang Intercity Cross-River Channel.
At present, Nanjing has built 11 13 river crossing channels, including 8 road river crossing channels (5 bridges and 3 tunnels), 2 railway river crossing channels and 3 urban rail river crossing channels, and at the same time, it is also actively promoting the construction of Xinshengwei Yangtze River Bridge, Jianning Road Yangtze River Tunnel, Longtan River Crossing Channel and Railway Line 4 River Crossing Channel. In addition, the preliminary research work of a number of river crossing channels, such as the Jinwen Road cross-river channel, the rail S5 line (Ningyi intercity), and the Qixiang River road-railway cross-river channel, is also in progress.
According to statistics, at present, the average daily traffic volume of Nanjing's cross-river passage has increased from about 240,000 vehicles in 2015 to about 580,000 vehicles at present, of which foreign vehicles account for more than 30%, and the average daily traffic volume of the free-pass road cross-river passage is about 470,000 vehicles, accounting for 81% of the total. Some of the cross-river passages are free of charge, which is of great significance to support the convenient travel of provincial transportation and the development of the province to support the river, the integration of the Yangtze River Delta and the construction of the Nanjing metropolitan area.
Modern Express/Modern + reporter Li Na Zhao Dandan