Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge

Coordinates: 30°39′25″N 114°24′18″E / 30.656889°N 114.404969°E / 30.656889; 114.404969
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Tianxingzhou Bridge

武汉天兴洲长江大桥
Cable-stayed
Total length4,657 metres (15,279 ft)
Height190 metres (620 ft)
Longest span504 metres (1,654 ft)
History
Construction start2004
Construction costCN¥11 billion
OpenedDecember 26, 2009 (2009-December-26)
Location
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The Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge (

Yangtze River in the city of Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei
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.

Baishazhou Bridge
).

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

  1. ^ Tianxingzhou highway-railway Bridge in Wuhan opens to traffic Archived 2010-03-30 at the Wayback Machine. english.cnhubei.com 2009-12-28
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-03-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b China's new highway-railway bridge sets world records[dead link], www.chinaview.cn 2008-09-10