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At least 15 people have died after a bridge partially collapsed in China’s Shaanxi province with rescue efforts remaining underway as of Sunday evening, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
A highway bridge in northern China collapsed due to flash floods triggered by heavy rains, and two cars fell into the river, state media reported Thursday, as parts of China are experiencing the ...
The death toll has risen to 38 from the partial collapse of a highway bridge that plunged two dozen vehicles into a rushing river two weeks ago, China's state broadcaster CCTV reported Friday ...
The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge (simplified Chinese: 南京 长江 大桥; traditional Chinese: 南京長江大橋; pinyin: Nánjīng Chángjiāng Dàqiáo), previously called the First Nanjing Yangtze Bridge, is a double-decked road-rail truss bridge across the Yangtze River in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China connecting the city's Pukou and Gulou districts.
The construction of the bridge started on 19 February 1998., [2] and it was open for traffic on 19 September 2001. [2] It has a main span of 960 meters (3,150 feet). As of 2012, it is among the 30 longest suspension bridges, based on the length of the main span. The cost of building the bridge was reported as 895 million yuan. [2]
The Yunyang Yangtze River Bridge is an asymmetric cable-stayed bridge across the Yangtze River in Yunyang County, Chongqing, China. [1] Completed in 2005, the bridge has a total length of 1,278 metres (4,193 ft) including approaches on either bank. The main bridge is 637 metres (2,090 ft) long, with the longest span of 318 metres (1,043 ft).
Despite search and rescue work in the past two weeks, 24 people remained missing after the Shaanxi bridge collapse, which plunged 25 vehicles into a river. ($1 = 7.1600 Chinese yuan renminbi)
In combination with the Chongqi Bridge (opened in December 2011), which connects Chongming Island to the north bank of the Yangtze, the bridge–tunnel complex forms the final crossing of the Yangtze before it empties into the East China Sea. [citation needed] The bridge and tunnel were built from 2005 to 2009 at a cost of 12.6 billion yuan (US ...