| Yangpu Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Crosses | Huangpu River |
| Locale | Shanghai, China |
| Design | cable-stayed bridge |
| Total length | 8,354 metres (27,408 ft) |
| Width | 30.35 metres (100 ft) |
| Longest span | 602 metres (1,975 ft) |
| Opened | October 1993 |
The Yangpu Bridge (simplified Chinese: 杨浦大桥; traditional Chinese: 楊浦大橋; pinyin: Yángpǔ Dàqiáo), in Shanghai, China,sister bridge to Nanpu Bridge, is among the world's longest bridges, with a total length of 8354 meters. Its longest span of 602 m makes it the fourth largest cable-stayed bridge in the world. It carries the Inner Ring Road from the Yangpu District in Puxi to the Pudong New Area. It was completed in September 1993 and opened in October.
The bridge was designed by the Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute, Shanghai Urban Construction College, and Shanghai Urban Construction Design Institute, with assistance from Holger S. Svensson. It was built by the Shanghai Huangpujiang Bridge Engineering Construction company.
It is a double-tower and double-cable-stayed bridge, with the bridge proper (the part that spans the river)1172m long. Its 30.35m width have altogether six lanes of traffic(3 for each direction). Its two pylons reach 223 m in height. The highest ship clearance is 48 m, a necessity due to the heavy river traffic.
As of 2006, it carries more than 100,000 vehicles per day across its six lanes.
The two main abutments support high, upside down Y-shaped towers (or pylons) from which the supporting cables are strung from, is a effective and eleagant design, imparting a graciousness that sets it apart from its peers. There are two 2m wide sightseeing sidewalks on both sides of the river.
The bridge was originally unpainted; it was coated with red paint for the millennium. The name Yangpu Bridge (杨浦大桥) inscribed on each pylon was originally hand-written by Deng Xiaoping.
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