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The bridge was designed by Mao Yisheng [1] and built by Dorman Long. [2] Construction, which started on 8 August 1934 was completed on 29 September 1937. [3] This two-tier truss bridge comprises 16 spans and measures 1,072 metres long.
Qiantang river bridge is 1453 meters long, 9.1 meters wide and 71 meters high. The upper deck of the bridge is a two-way two-lane highway with a design speed of 100 km/h, and the lower deck is a single-track railway with a design speed of 120 km/h. [32] During World War II, the Qiantang River Bridge was hit by Japanese air raids.
From end to end, it stretches 10.14 km (6.3 mi) across the Qiantang River estuary, at Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China. The main bridge is 2,680 m (8,790 ft) long and 55.6 m (182 ft) wide and carries an expressway with eight traffic lanes. Construction started December 2008, and the toll bridge opened for traffic on July 20, 2013.
The bridge was constructed in the Qiantang River and Yangtze River Deltas and Hangzhou Bay, which all experience some of the highest tidal bore forces on the planet. [3] The location of the bridge is also prone to earthquakes, as well as extremely high winds during typhoon season. The bridge form and construction material selections were based ...
Haikou New East Bridge, an arch bridge over the Nandu River connecting Xinbu Island at the west to Dongying Town and the rest of the province at the east; Nandu River Iron Bridge, a partially collapsed, steel truss bridge over the Nandu River; Qinglan Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Wenchang.
The Western Commandery Captain of Qiantang was stationed at the Wulin Hills, where the Wulin River originates. The river flows eastward into the sea, covering a distance of 830 li [350 km; 220 mi]. This statement about the Wulin River (武林水) is widely interpreted as the first mention of the West Lake, while the Wulin Hills (武林山) were ...
[1] [2] It spans the deep gorge of the Nizhu River (a tributary of the Beipan), near the town of Duge. As of 2021, the bridge is the highest in the world, with the road deck sitting over 565 metres (1,854 ft) above the floor of the gorge. [3] [4] The bridge is part of the G56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway between Qujing and Liupanshui.
The bridge runs roughly parallel to the Yangtze River, about 8 to 80 km (5 to 50 mi) south of the river. It passes through the northern edges of population centers (from west to east) beginning in Danyang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, and ending in Kunshan. There is a 9-kilometre long (5.6 mi) section over open water across Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou.