A few days ago, Tokyo Rope International, a subsidiary of Tokyo Rope International Co., Ltd., announced that the carbon fiber composite cable (CFCC) independently developed by the company has been successfully used in the expansion project of the Hampton Harbor Highway Bridge Tunnel in the United States.
The project is currently one of the largest infrastructure projects in the United States, with a total investment of 3.8 billion U.S. dollars. The bridge is 16 kilometers long and connects Norfolk and Hampton in Virginia. As an important maritime traffic, the Hampton Harbor Highway Bridge is currently a two-way four-lane, and large-scale traffic congestion usually occurs during rush hours. In order to eliminate traffic jams and increase vehicle traffic, it is planned to upgrade the bridge to a two-way eight-lane specification .
The expansion project involves many professional technologies in material engineering, design, construction and traffic engineering. The Tokyo-based CFCC products have won the bid because of their light weight, high strength, corrosion resistance, suitable life cycle cost, and adaptability to the harsh marine environment. In this project, CFCC was used as a traction material for truss beams and bridge piles, and used as a stiffener on the bridge body 8.6 kilometers above the sea, with a total length of 5486 kilometers.
The Tokyo-based CFCC and related products have been used in 36 engineering projects in 9 states in the United States. The group will provide high-quality CFCC and related products to the United States and other countries, and make greater contributions to the construction of safe and reliable infrastructure.