Shibanpo Yangtze River Bridge, Road bridge in Yuzhong District, China.
Shibanpo Yangtze River Bridge consists of two parallel prestressed concrete box girder bridges over the Yangtze in Chongqing, linking Yuzhong and Nan'an districts. The original 1,103.5 m deck is 20.5 m wide; the second, 19 m wide, has a 330 m main span with a 108 m steel middle section. Thick rectangular concrete piers support the spans, and a white arch structure rises beneath the deck near the right side.
The bridge opened in 1980 as the first road crossing of the Yangtze in Chongqing. A second span was later added to handle increasing traffic demands as the city expanded.
Locals call the crossing Shíbǎnpō, after the stone-slab slope on the Yuzhong bank. The 2006 opening of the second deck was celebrated with a large fireworks display over the river. The bridge carries Jiangnan Avenue, and its four original lanes now run only northbound while the newer deck handles southbound traffic.
The bridge is a busy section of the road network with separate lanes for each direction. Walk across it carefully during peak traffic times, or use the vehicle flow to navigate the connection between districts.
The 330 m main span of the second bridge was built in Wuhan as a 103 m steel box girder weighing 1,325 tonnes, sealed, and towed about 1,000 km up the Yangtze and through the Three Gorges Dam locks. Dorman Long lifted it into place with two 2.5 m transition pieces.
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