Beijing Chang An Avenue will replace neon lights to energy-saving LED lights
Approved by the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and the municipal government, starting from 0:00 tomorrow, the two rainbow gates at the Jianguo Gate and Fuxing Gate sections of Chang'an Avenue will be dismantled and rebuilt. This reporter learned that at the end of January next year, the new rainbow gatekeeper completed. Its position and shape are unchanged. The lighting will be from neon to energy-saving LED lights.
This reporter has learned that these two Rainbow doors on Chang'an Avenue were built in June 1997 to celebrate the return of Hong Kong to the motherland. Each rainbow door by the south and north of the two monomers; foundation for concrete weight basis, the main steel structure; tip up to 11.2 meters, unilateral span of 23 meters; landscape lighting neon lighting. Rainbow Gate was originally designed as a temporary landscape facilities, after being widely recognized, has gradually become an iconic Chang'an Avenue landscape, a major annual festivals. Rainbow Gate always light.
The professional body testing, operation has been more than 20 years, most of the main structure of rainbow door rust occurs, the internal wiring facilities tend to aging, has been unable to repair security risks.
Approved by the municipal party committee and city government, the Municipal City Management Committee will demolish the existing Rainbow Gate starting from 0:00 tomorrow. The order of dismantling is the south of Fuxing Gate Bridge, the north of Fuxing Gate Bridge and the south of Jianguo Gate Bridge, Jianguo Gate bridge north side. Construction time will continue until January 31, 2018, with a total construction period of about two months. The rebuilt Rainbow Gate will maintain the same position and shape. The foundation is an independent foundation of reinforced concrete. The main structure is steel truss structure. The lamps are changed from neon lights to LED lights to meet the energy-saving requirements.
According to the construction plan, the construction and renovation of Rainbow Gate Project includes demolition of existing structures, foundation construction, fabrication and installation of steel structures and installation of lighting facilities. In order to shorten the construction period to the maximum extent, the steel structure construction of the newly built Rainbow Gate is carried out in parallel with the foundation construction on site. Construction period, from 0:00 on November 25 to December 4, demolition of the two existing Rainbow Gate structure; January 16, 2018 completion of the construction of the new rainbow door steel construction, completed by January 31, 2018 Decoration and lighting, electrical and mechanical Installation of other facilities.
Relevant departments said that in order to reduce the impact of the construction and removal of the redevelopment project of Rainbow Gate on the public travel, the on-site construction will be carried out at night throughout the construction period from 23:00 to 5:30 the next day. Temporary traffic will be required during construction. At that time, there will be temporary traffic control measures at the direction of Chang'an Avenue in Jianguo Gate Bridge and Fuxing Gate Bridge, which will cause inconvenience to the passing of pedestrians and vehicles in the past. Please pay close attention to traffic tips and bypass ahead of schedule.