Recently, the Huangshi Public Resources Trading Network released information and a tender announcement for the construction general contracting project of the Ezhou-Huangshi Section Tunnel Project (Huangshi Section) of National Highway 106.

The Ezhou-Huangshi Section Tunnel Project (Huangshi Section) of National Highway 106 has been approved for construction by the Huangshi Municipal Development and Reform Commission. The project starts at Baizhi Mountain at the boundary between Ezhou City and Huangshi City, connecting with the proposed G106 Ezhou Bishi to Huangshi Tieshan Reconstruction and Relocation (Ezhou Section) and Smart Highway Project.

The route passes beneath Baizhi Mountain in tunnel form, runs through the Daye Iron Mine mining area, shares its alignment with the planned Mulan Avenue, and ends at Pingshan Village at the administrative boundary intersection of Tieshan District and Daye City, where it connects with the planned Huangshi Tieshan to Daye Section of National Highway 106. The route length is 3.276 kilometers.

Among these works, the tunnel within Huangshi territory is 818.64 meters (counted as double tubes)/1 tunnel (the full length of the boundary tunnel between the two cities is 2,205 meters, counted as double tubes); large bridges 969.95 meters/2 bridges; 3 culverts; 1 grade-separated interchange; 1 at-grade intersection; 1 tunnel management building; and necessary highway traffic safety facilities, environmental protection facilities, lighting, and other highway service facilities along the route.

The project adopts a design speed of 60 km/h and the standard of a two-way six-lane Class I highway (also serving urban road functions), with a subgrade width of 27 m. The estimated contract value is approximately 710.4 million yuan.