Newly built Hongqi Bridge in China’s Sichuan partially collapses, months after opening
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On Nov 11 afternoon conditions on the mountainside worsened, triggering landslides, leading to the collapse of the approach bridge and roadbed.
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BEIJING - Part of a recently opened bridge collapsed in China’s south-western province of Sichuan along a national highway linking the country’s heartland with Tibet on Nov 11, local authorities said, but there were no reports of casualties.
Police in the city of Maerkang had closed the 758m-long Hongqi bridge to all traffic on Nov 10 afternoon, after cracks appeared on nearby slopes and roads, and shifts were seen in the terrain of a mountain, the local government said.
On Nov 11 afternoon conditions on the mountainside worsened, triggering landslides, leading to the collapse of the approach bridge and roadbed, it added.
Construction of the bridge finished earlier in 2025, according to a video posted by the contractor Sichuan Road and Bridge Group on social media. REUTERS
