List of bridges in China

"Chinese bridge" redirects here. For the language competition, see Chinese Bridge.

This list of bridges in China is organized by province and includes notable bridges. China has a long history in bridge construction. The oldest bridge still in existence in china is the Anji Bridge constructed during the years between 595 and 605.

During the infrastructure boom of the past two decades, bridge-building has proceeded at a rapid pace on a vast scale. Prior to the completion of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge in 1957, there were no bridges across the Yangtze River, China's longest, from Yibin to Shanghai, and all overland roads and railways crossing this 2,884 km (1,792 mi.) stretch of the river had to be ferried. There were only seven such bridges in 1992, but that number reached 73 by the end of 2012, including eight new openings in that year alone.

China has been pushing the boundaries of bridge construction with many record breaking bridges, including:

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Anhui

Beijing

Chongqing

Fujian

Gansu

Guangdong

Guangxi

Guizhou

Hainan

Haikou Century Bridge viewed from the southwest shore of Haidian Island at the mouth of the Nandu River

Hebei

Heilongjiang

Henan

Hubei

Hunan

The Aizhai Bridge in Hunnan

Inner Mongolia

Jiangsu

The Sutong Bridge, the second longest cable-stayed bridge in the world

Jiangxi

Jilin

Liaoning

Ningxia

Qinghai

Shaanxi

Shandong

Shanghai

Shanxi

Sichuan

The Qiancao Bridge over the Yangtze River

Tianjin

Tibet

Xinjiang

Yunnan

The Nanpan River Bridge in Yunnan

Zhejiang

Hong Kong

Macau

Taiwan

See also

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