The Taiwan High Speed Rail is a 326 km (203 mi)-long dual-track line that will ultimately connect the major cities of Taipei in the North and Kaohsiung in the South on the island of Taiwan. A number of wide, shallow rivers cross the alignment, and the site is subjected to heavy rains and severe typhoons during the monsoon season. The region is suspect to intense seismic activity and has a history of frequently occurring major earthquakes. The total construction cost for the entire project is estimated at USD $15 billion.

The 27.3 km (17 mi) of bridges for the C295 contract consists of 30 m (98 ft) prestressed concrete box girder spans monolithically connected to twin-wall piers at each end. The box girder is cast-in-situ using a self-launching shoring system that allows for efficient construction of the superstructure, where key stages of the construction activity can be spread over three spans in succession. Additional bridge structures include three-span and seven-span continuous structures with spans up to 58 m (190 ft), and a 2000 m (6560 ft)-long elevated station structure with multiple side-by-side box girder widenings. High-level continuous bridges over rivers were built using the balanced cantilever construction method.

Contractor: Evergreen Italian Thai Joint Venture
Prime Consultant: JMI-Pacific, Ltd.
Bridge Design Consultant: International Bridge Technologies, Inc.