Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge
| Taizhou Bridge 泰州长江大桥 | |
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| Coordinates | 32°14′48″N 119°52′36″E / 32.246611°N 119.876694°ECoordinates: 32°14′48″N 119°52′36″E / 32.246611°N 119.876694°E |
| Crosses | Yangtze |
| Locale | Taizhou, Jiangsu |
| Characteristics | |
| Design |
north bridge: suspension bridge south bridge: box-girder bridge[1] |
| Total length |
north bridge: 6,821 m (22,379 ft) south bridge: 2,905 m (9,531 ft) north bridge span length: 2,160 m (7,090 ft) south bridge span length: 965 m (3,166 ft)[1] |
| Width | 34.8 m (114 ft)[2] |
| Height | 192 m (630 ft) |
| Longest span |
north bridge: 1,080 m (3,540 ft) x2 south bridge: 125 m (410 ft)x5[1] |
| Number of spans |
north bridge:2 main south bridge: 5 main[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | November 25, 2012 [3] |
  Taizhou Bridge Location in China | |
The Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge is a bridge complex over the Lower Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province in eastern China.[4] The bridge connects Taizhou on the north bank, Yangzhong on an island in the river, and Yaoqiao Village of Zhenjiang Municipality on the south bank, and consists of a suspension bridge across the north branch stream and a pair of box-girder bridges across the south branch stream. Taizhou Bridge Complex opened in 2012.
Bridge components
Altogether the Taizhou Bridge construction project was 62.088 km (38.580 mi) long.[1] The north bridge is 6,821 m (22,379 ft), including a three-tower suspension bridge with a pair of 1,080 m (3,540 ft) suspension spans, and 4,661 m (15,292 ft) of connecting approaches.[1] The south bridge is 2,905 m (9,531 ft) with box-girder spans of 85+125x3+85 = 545 m (1,788 ft) and 85+125x2+85=420 m (1,380 ft).[1] The north bank has 8 km (5.0 mi) of connecting highway.[1] Yangzhong Island has 2.94 km (1.83 mi) of highway and the south bank has 40 km (25 mi) of connecting highway.[1]
The north bridge's double suspension spans are among the longest in the world.[5] It won the 2013 Institution of Structural Engineers Supreme Award for structural engineering.
See also
- Yangtze River bridges and tunnels
- List of longest suspension bridge spans
- List of tallest bridges in the world
- List of largest bridges in China
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 (Chinese) 泰州长江大桥简介 2012-11-23
- ↑ http://koti.kontu.la/jvirola/ria-taizhou.pdf?
- ↑ http://english.jschina.com.cn/TodayJiangsu/201211/t1096633.shtml
- ↑ "Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge to open in E China". xinhuanet.com. 2012-11-21. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
- ↑ http://www.bridgeweb.com/Article/default.aspx?id=2621&typeid=3
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