Shimen Jialing River Bridge, Cable-stayed road bridge in Chongqing, China

The Shimen Jialing River Bridge is a cable-stayed structure spanning the Jialing River in Chongqing, carrying traffic with steel cables extending from a central tower. The design features tall pylons that rise above the water and support the roadway through a system of diagonal cables anchored to the deck.

Construction began on 25 December 1985 and the bridge opened to traffic on 25 December 1988, built to a design by the Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute and erected by the Chongqing Bridge Engineering Company. Its 230-metre main span made it China's first long-span cable-stayed bridge and, at the time, Asia's longest single-tower cable-stayed span. It received the Ministry of Construction's Luban Prize in 1990.

The bridge serves as a daily crossing point connecting neighborhoods on opposite sides of the river and shapes how residents navigate their city. It reflects the essential role that river infrastructure plays in Chongqing's urban life.

The bridge is open daily for vehicle traffic and provides a direct route between neighborhoods on both sides of the river. Visitors can typically walk across it or view it from nearby vantage points to see the structure and the river below.

The bridge's 216 parallel steel cables, spaced 7.5 metres apart, include the longest at 230 metres. Its main span arrangement of 200 + 230 metres made it Asia's longest single-tower cable-stayed span at the time. In 1990 it received the Lu Ban Prize, China's national construction award.