subject: Steel Demand In Post [print this page] In addition, the earthquake in Sichuan transportation infrastructure losses 58 billion yuan, has nearly completed construction of the first three years the province's total investment in transportation combined. Caused 21 highway, 15 national and provincial trunk highways, 2756 Country Road subgrade surface, bridges, tunnels and other structures, the damaged highway mileage of close to 30,000 km, bridges damaged 3053. Transportation infrastructure in accordance with post-disaster reconstruction in Sichuan Province Planning, "Western Corridor" National Road 213 are Timor Road (Dujiangyan to Wenchuan) above, is reopened in advance of the first expressway. Wen road length of 26 km are expected to invest 3.6 billion. If road transport back to Sichuan before the earthquake, initially expected to take three to five years the fastest, with a total investment over 100 billion yuan. Steel is also a great need here. According to statistics, requires that each kilometer of highway consumption of steel (including the fence, fence, steel roof) about 90 tons. According to China's implementation of industry-standard highway guardrail plate JT/T281-1955M "of Corrugated Beam Steel Fence" requirement, per km (one side) guardrail need long 4320mm plate 250, combined weight 12,290 kg; reinforced the central division needs of each column with a 500 km, combined weight 11.85 tons, when the 1 km highway design enhanced with common standards and road on both sides of the central partition fence, the need for guardrail steel 49.16 tons, 47.7 tons column. All repair industry is estimated that nearly 1 million tons of steel required, mainly thread, wire, bridge plate, General Board And so on. The disaster relief, the Ministry of Transportation for emergency calls 36 Bridge for War, and some other places lose manufacturing readiness bridge.