Qingzhou Min River Bridge, Cable-stayed bridge in Fuzhou, China
The Qingzhou Min River Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Min River in Fuzhou, Fujian, with two towers and a double cable plane. Its composite girder combines a steel main beam with a reinforced concrete deck, and the 168 stay cables support a 605-metre main span between 250-metre side spans. The deck is 29 metres wide and carries six lanes shared by the G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway and the S1531 Airport Expressway.
Designed by the China Railway Major Bridge Reconnaissance & Design Institute, the bridge broke ground in August 1998 and opened to traffic on 28 December 2002 at a cost of about 650 million yuan. It was built to link the Mawei Economic Development Zone with Changle District across the Min River.
The bridge carries the G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway and the S1531 Airport Expressway on the same deck, so drivers heading to Fuzhou's airport cross the Min River here. Its two 175.5-metre towers rise 130 metres above the roadway, and 168 stay cables fan out from them.
The bridge carries heavy traffic throughout the day and is designed primarily for vehicles rather than pedestrians. Walking across it is not recommended due to the busy expressway conditions and limited pedestrian facilities.
The deck is a composite structure in which a steel main girder works together with a reinforced concrete slab, carried by 168 stay cables. The two towers rise 175.5 metres, 130 of them above the deck, and the clearance under the span for shipping is 43 metres.
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