Jiujiang Yangtze River Expressway Bridge, Cable-stayed bridge in Jiujiang, China
The Jiujiang Yangtze River Expressway Bridge is a cable-stayed road bridge that spans roughly 8.5 kilometers across the Yangtze River. The main section between towers stretches about 800 meters, and the roadway has six lanes for modern long-distance traffic.
Construction began on 27 September 2009. The north tower was topped out on 28 April 2012 and the south tower on 20 May 2012; the main span was joined on 22 December 2012 and the bridge opened to traffic on 28 October 2013. It was designed jointly by the Jiangxi Provincial Communications Design Institute and the Hubei Communications Planning and Design Institute, with Jiangxi funding the southern approach and bridge and Hubei the northern approach.
The bridge carries the G70 Fuzhou–Yinchuan Expressway between Jiujiang's Chaisang District in Jiangxi and Huangmei County in Hubei, the second Yangtze crossing at Jiujiang. It sits about 10.8 km upstream of the older Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge, so drivers choose between two crossings. Its name distinguishes it from that first bridge, which locals call the First Jiujiang Bridge.
The bridge carries six lanes of the G70 Fuzhou–Yinchuan Expressway between Jiujiang's Chaisang District in Jiangxi and Huangmei County in Hubei. The deck is 38.9 m wide with a design speed of 100 km/h, and clearance under the span is at least 24 m for river traffic. The site lies on the straight reach upstream of the Jiujiang bend, 10.8 km upstream of the older Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge.
The two towers differ in height: the south tower reaches 230.854 m and the north tower 242.308 m, both standing 201.6 m above the deck. The deck itself is 38.9 m wide and 3.6 m deep, with clearance of at least 24 m for navigation below.
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