China-Laos railway completes beam installation on both Mekong River bridges

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): The Laos-China Railway Co, Ltd (LCRC), a joint venture based in Lao capital Vientiane in charge of the construction and operation of the railway, told Xinhua on Thursday (July 16) that, all its beams of the two cross-Mekong River bridges have been installed.

With the last 24-metre prestressed T-beam steadily settling down on the piers of the Ban Ladhan Mekong River Super Major Bridge, some 230km north of Lao capital Vientiane last Friday, the task of beam setting on both cross-Mekong River super major bridges along the China-Laos Railway, undertaken by China Railway No. 8 Engineering Group (CREC-8) has been successfully completed.