Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge

Dashengguan Bridge 大胜关长江大桥
Coordinates	31°57′35″N 118°37′51″E / 31.959833°N 118.630972°E / 31.959833; 118.630972Coordinates: 31°57′35″N 118°37′51″E / 31.959833°N 118.630972°E / 31.959833; 118.630972
Carries	6 rail tracks: Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High-Speed Railway Nanjing Metro Line S3
Crosses	Yangtze River
Locale	Nanjing, Jiangsu
Characteristics
Design	Arch Bridge
Total length	1,615 m (5,299 ft)
Longest span	336 m (1,102 ft) (x2)
History
Construction start	2006 (2006)
Construction cost	$537 million USD[1]
Opened	2011 (2011)
Dashengguan Bridge Location in Jiangsu

The Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge (simplified Chinese: 大胜关长江大桥; traditional Chinese: 大勝關長江大橋; pinyin: Dàshèngguān Chángjiāng Dàqiáo; literally: "pass of the great victory") crosses the Yangtze River in Nanjing, Jiangsu. Construction of the bridge started in 2006 and it was completed in 2010. The bridge has two main spans of 336 m (1,102 ft) it is one of the largest arch bridges in the world.^[2] It carries six tracks: two for the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway^[3] (opened on 30 June 2011), two for the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu high-speed railway (opened on 22 January 2011) and two for line S3 of the Nanjing Metro (opened on 6 December 2017).

See also

• Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Older bridge that carries the "old" Beijing–Shanghai Railway.
• Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway
• Yangtze River bridges and tunnels
• List of largest arch bridges

References

• Media related to Dashengguan Bridge at Wikimedia Commons