Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River Bridge

Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River Bridge
武汉军山长江大桥
Coordinates 30°22′27″N 114°08′25″E / 30.374028°N 114.140278°E / 30.374028; 114.140278Coordinates: 30°22′27″N 114°08′25″E / 30.374028°N 114.140278°E / 30.374028; 114.140278
Carries G4 Beijing–Hong Kong–Macau Expressway
G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway
G4201 Wuhan Ring Expressway
Crosses Yangtze River
Locale Wuhan, Hubei, China
Other name(s) Wuhan Bridge No. 4
Characteristics
Design Cable-stayed
Total length 2,847 metres (9,341 ft)
Longest span 460 metres (1,510 ft)
History
Construction begin 1998
Construction end 2001
Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River Bridge
Location in Hubei

The Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River Bridge is a large cable-stayed bridge over the Yangtze River. The bridge carries 6 lanes of traffic between the Caidian District and the Jiangxia District of Wuhan, Hubei. A concurrency of expressways go over the bridge: The G4 Beijing–Hong Kong–Macau Expressway, the G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway, and the G4201 Wuhan Ring Expressway. The bridge, which was opened in 2001, is one of the largest cable-stayed bridges in the world.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Nonlinear Earthquake-Response Analysis of Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River under Uniform and Non-Uniform Excitations". Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  2. ↑ "武汉军山长江大桥". 中国桥梁网. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  3. ↑ 武汉军山长江大桥

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