Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge

Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge
Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge
	Yangtze River
Locale	Jiujiang, Jiangxi / Huangmei County, Hubei
Characteristics
Design	Combined truss-arch
Longest span	216 meters (709 ft)
History
Construction start	1973
Construction end	1991
Opened	1993
Location

The Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge is a combined

truss structure and the bridge is one of the longest continuous truss bridges in the world, with a longest span of 216 meters (709 ft) and a total truss length of 1,314 meters (4,311 ft) =3x162+180+216+180+2x126.^[1]

History

Construction of the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge began in 1973 but due to work stoppages, the bridge was not completed until 1993.[2] The bridge was originally designed to carry trucks weighing up to 30 t (33 short tons).^[2] In 2008, the tonnage limit was raised to 55 t (61 short tons).^[2] In November 2011, a crack was discovered in the bridge's steel structure and forced the authorities to close the bridge to freight traffic.^[3] In February 2012, the tonnage limit was lowered to 20 t (22 short tons).^[2]

The

Jiujiang Fuyin Expressway Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge

Media related to JiuJiang Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
"Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge". Structurae. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
"Scenic Area". The People's Government of XunYang. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-14. (info about bridge)