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Image N° Name Longest span (metres) Total Length (metres) Type Carries Cross Year opened Location Province 1: Xihoumen Bridge: 1650: 5452: Suspension bridge
This list of bridges in China includes notable bridges. China has a long history in bridge construction. The oldest bridge still in existence in China is the Anji Bridge, constructed during the years between 595 and 605. During the infrastructure boom of the past two decades, bridge-building has proceeded at a rapid pace on a vast scale.
The Yangtze River forms a major geographic barrier dividing northern and southern China.For millennia, travelers crossed the Yangtze by ferry. In the first half of the 20th century, rail passengers from Beijing to Guangzhou and Shanghai had to disembark, respectively, at Hanyang and Pukou, and cross the river by steam ferry before resuming journeys by train.
The bridge is the 11th longest span in the world and the sixth largest in China. [3] [4] The bridge has renamed on 20 December 2019. [5] Jiangsu province's first suspension bridge, it lies 10 km downstream of the second Yangtze River Bridge.
Construction was completed in 2010 and the bridge opened in 2011. Employing 10,000 people, the project took four years and cost about $8.5 billion. [1] The bridge currently holds the Guinness World Record for the longest bridge in the world in any category as of June 2011. [3] [4]
The bridge has nine pairs of cables. The Qiansimen Bridge has the longest stay cable of both bridges, measuring 256.85 metres (843 feet) long. [1] The bridge was shortlisted for an award by the Institution of Structural Engineers. [4] The substructure was built by China Railway Construction Bridge Engineering Bureau Group Co. Ltd.
The Main Bridge, the largest part of the HZMB project, is a bridge-tunnel system constructed by the mainland Chinese authorities. [34] It connects Zhuhai-Macao Port Artificial Island, an artificial island housing the Boundary Crossing Facilities (BCF) for both mainland China and Macau in the west, to the Hong Kong Link Road in the east.
People's Republic of China bridge (structure) stubs (141 P) Pages in category "Bridges in China" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.