Chaotianmen Bridge
Chaotianmen Bridge | |
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Chongqing, China | |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Through arch bridge |
| Total length | 1,741 m (5,712 ft) |
| Width | 36.5 m (120 ft) |
| Height | 142 m (466 ft) (middle supports to arch top) |
| Longest span | 552 m (1,811 ft) |
| History | |
| Construction start | December 2004 |
| Construction cost | 3.2 billion Yuan[1] |
| Opened | 30 April 2009 |
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The Chaotianmen Bridge (
Yangtze River in the city of Chongqing, China. The bridge, which opened on 29 April 2009, is the world's longest through arch bridge.[2]
The continuous steel
See also
- Yangtze River bridges and tunnels
- List of longest arch bridge spans
References
- ^ "World's longest arch bridge opened to traffic in Chongqing". China Internet Information Center. Archived from the original on 21 January 2017.
- ^ CulturalChina.com, Chongqing completes world's longest arch bridge Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, 30 April 2009.
- ^ Xue-wei DUAN, Design of Main Bridge of Chaotianmen Yangtze River Bridge Archived 31 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Chinese-Croatian Joint Colloquium on Long Arch Bridges, Croatian University of Zagreb and University of FuZhou, 2008.
- ^ RIA 1/2007, Chaotianmen Bridge – world's longest-span steel arch bridge Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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