The west main tower of Hongqimen Grand Bridge, part of the Nansha-Zhongshan Expressway, was capped 30 days ahead of schedule on September 6.

Hongqimen Grand Bridge is a project of the Nansha-Zhongshan Expressway crossing the Hongqili Waterway, with a total length of 1,126 meters and a total width of 43.2 meters. The twin-tower, twin-cable-stayed bridge has a main span of 520 meters. The main towers are equipped with 16 pairs of stay cables each, topped with a kapok tree-shaped crown.

The water droplet-shaped west main tower is 176 meters tall.

The east main tower of Hongqimen Grand Bridge is about to be capped and connected with the rest of the bridge.

Nansha-Zhongshan Expressway is an important part of National Expressway G2518 and Provincial Expressway S78. Its main line, 21.6 kilometers long, starts from the Xinken Interchange of the Nansha Harbour Expressway, ends at the Zhongshan-Jiangmen Expressway, and connects with the Xinlong Interchange of the Guangzhou-Macao Expressway. The 10.7-kilometer auxiliary line connects the main line with the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge.