Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge

Taizhou Bridge
泰州长江大桥
Coordinates 32°14′48″N 119°52′36″E / 32.246611°N 119.876694°E / 32.246611; 119.876694Coordinates: 32°14′48″N 119°52′36″E / 32.246611°N 119.876694°E / 32.246611; 119.876694
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 (2012-11-25) [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]

Awards

The bridge won the 2013 Institution of Structural Engineers Supreme Award for structural engineering and the 2014 IABSE Outstanding Structure Award.[6][7]

See also

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External links

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (Chinese) 泰州长江大桥简介 2012-11-23
  2. ↑ http://koti.kontu.la/jvirola/ria-taizhou.pdf?
  3. ↑ http://english.jschina.com.cn/TodayJiangsu/201211/t1096633.shtml
  4. ↑ "Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge to open in E China". xinhuanet.com. 2012-11-21. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
  5. ↑ http://www.bridgeweb.com/Article/default.aspx?id=2621&typeid=3
  6. ↑ Institution of Structural Engineers (2013). Winners, Structural Awards. Accessed on October 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Taizhou Bridge, Jiangsu, China". IABSE. Retrieved 2015-05-22.


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