Fourth Nanjing Yangtze Bridge

Fourth Nanjing Yangtze Bridge
南京長江四橋
Coordinates 32°10′41″N 118°56′24″E / 32.1780°N 118.9401°E / 32.1780; 118.9401Coordinates: 32°10′41″N 118°56′24″E / 32.1780°N 118.9401°E / 32.1780; 118.9401
Carries G2501 Nanjing Ring Expressway
Crosses Yangtze River
Locale Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Characteristics
Design Suspension bridge
Total length 5,437 m (17,838 ft)
Width 34.0 m (112 ft)
Height 229 m (751 ft) [1]
Longest span 1,418 m (4,652 ft)
History
Construction cost 6.8 billion yuan
Opened December 24, 2012 (2012-12-24)
Fourth Nanjing Yangtze Bridge
Location in China

The Fourth Nanjing Yangtze Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Yangtze River in Nanjing, China.[2] The bridge is the sixth longest span in the world and the third largest in China.[3][4]

Jiangsu province's first suspension bridge, it lies 10 km downstream of the second Yangtze River Bridge. The bridge connects Hengliang town, a section of Nanjing Raoyue, Nanjing-Nantong Highway, Hongguang village, towns like Long Pao, Xianling and Qilin in Jiangning District, and a section of Raoyue and Shanghai-Nanjing Highway.[5]

The 4th Nanjing Yangtze twin-tower bridge fashioned after standard expressway, boasts dual six-lane carriageway designed to maintain a 100–125 km an hour traffic.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://koti.kontu.la/jvirola/koti/Vanhoja/acem-fourthnanjing.pdf
  2. ↑ http://english.people.com.cn/90778/8065892.html
  3. ↑ http://koti.kontu.la/jvirola/ria-fourthnanjing.pdf
  4. ↑ Samuel, Peter. "China has 4th Longest Bridge". Toll Road News. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  5. ↑ Yangtze Bridge, Fourth Nanjing. "Steel Box Girder of the 4th NJ Yangtze River Bridge Closured". China Nanjing.gov.cn. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Yangtze Bridge, Fourth Nanjing. "Nanjing Yangtze Fourth Bridge to open on Dec.24 (3)". People's Daily Online. Retrieved 17 May 2013.


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