Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge
Tianxingzhou Bridge 武汉天兴洲长江大桥 | |
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Cable-stayed | |
Total length | 4,657 metres (15,279 ft) |
Height | 190 metres (620 ft) |
Longest span | 504 metres (1,654 ft) |
History | |
Construction start | 2004 |
Construction cost | CN¥11 billion |
Opened | December 26, 2009 |
Location | |
The Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge (
Province of China.The bridge crosses the Yangtze in the northeastern part of the city, a few kilometers downstream of the
Description
The bridge is a combined road and rail bridge; it has 4 railroad tracks and 6 vehicular traffic lanes.
As of 2012[update] there are at least half a dozen of road crossings of the Yangtze River in Wuhan, as well as a subway line under the river. The Tianxingzhou Bridge is only the second railway crossing. It carries the Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway across the river and allows trains to cross the river at speeds up to 250 kilometres per hour (160 mph).[3] It also makes it possible for some of the high-speed trains arriving to Wuhan from the east over the Hefei–Wuhan railway to cross the river and to reach Wuhan railway station (instead of their usual destination, Hankou railway station).
See also
- Yangtze River bridges and tunnels
- List of largest cable-stayed bridges
- List of tallest bridges in the world
References
- ^ Tianxingzhou highway-railway Bridge in Wuhan opens to traffic Archived 2010-03-30 at the Wayback Machine. english.cnhubei.com 2009-12-28
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
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