Chaotianmen Bridge

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Chaotianmen Bridge
Coordinates29°35′20″N 106°34′38″E / 29.588871°N 106.57721°E / 29.588871; 106.57721
CarriesTrains, Motor vehicles, Pedestrians
CrossesYangtze River
LocaleChongqing, China
Characteristics
DesignThrough arch bridge
Total length1,741 m (5,712 ft)
Width36.5 m (120 ft)
Height142 m (466 ft) (middle supports to arch top)
Longest span552 m (1,811 ft)
History
Construction startDecember 2004
Construction cost3.2 billion Yuan[1]
Opened30 April 2009
Location
Interactive map of Chaotianmen Bridge

The Chaotianmen Bridge (simplified Chinese: 朝天门长江大桥; traditional Chinese: 朝天門長江大橋; pinyin: Cháotiān mén chángjiāng dàqiáo), is a road-rail bridge over the Yangtze River in the city of Chongqing, China. The bridge, which opened on 29 April 2009, is the world's longest through arch bridge.[2]

The continuous steel truss arch bridge with tie girders has a height of 142 m (466 ft) from middle supports to arch top, main span of 552 m (1,811 ft) and a total length of 1,741 m (5,712 ft). It carries six lanes of traffic with a pedestrian walkway on each side on the upper deck. The lower deck has 2 traffic lanes on each side with the Chongqing Metro Loop Line running down the middle.[3][4][5][6]

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References

  1. ↑ "World's longest arch bridge opened to traffic in Chongqing". China Internet Information Center. Archived from the original on 21 January 2017.
  2. ↑ CulturalChina.com, Chongqing completes world's longest arch bridge Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, 30 April 2009.
  3. ↑ Duan, Xuewei; Virola, Juhani; Ding, Dajun (2007). "The Chaotianmen Bridge– world's longest-span steel arch" (PDF). RIA. 1: 60–67. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Duan, Xue-wei (10–14 July 2008). Design of Main Bridge of Chaotianmen Yangtze River Bridge (PDF). Chinese-Croatian Joint Colloquium on Long Arch Bridges. Croatian University of Zagreb and University of FuZhou. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2010.
  5. ↑ Duan, Xuewei; Xiao, Xiaoyan; Xu, Wei. "Design & technology characteristics of main bridge of Chaotianmen Yangtze River Bridge" (PDF). ARCH’10 – 6th International Conference on Arch Bridges. Wuhan, China: China Railway Bridge Reconnaissance & Design Institute Co., Ltd.
  6. ↑ Duan, Xue-wei; Xu, Wei (2010). "重庆朝天门长江大桥主桥设计与技术特点" [Design and Technical Characteristics of Main Bridge of Chaotianmen Changjiang River Bridge in Chongqing]. Bridge Construction (in Chinese) (2). Wuhan: China Zhongtie Major Bridge Reconnaissance & Design Institute Co., Ltd.: 37–40. ISSN 1003-4722.