Qingshan Yangtze River Bridge, Cable-stayed and box girder bridge across Yangtze River in Wuhan, China.
Qingshan Yangtze River Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge with two inverted-Y concrete pylons, each 279.5 metres tall, carrying eight traffic lanes on a 48-metre-wide deck. Its main span of 938 metres crosses the Yangtze in a single leap, and red Chinese characters are mounted on the nearer pylon's lower crossbeam.
The bridge was first proposed under the name Wuhu Yangtze River Highway Bridge; an expert evaluation of the project application was held in Wuhan in August 2013, and approval followed in 2014. Construction officially began on 23 December 2015 and the crossing opened to traffic on 30 April 2021. It was built under a BOT+EPC model by a consortium including the Wuhan Transport Engineering Construction Investment Group and China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group, at a total cost of 5.6 billion yuan.
The bridge carries the name Qingshan, meaning Green Mountain, and was originally planned as the Wuhu Yangtze River Highway Bridge. It forms one of the river crossings of Wuhan's Fourth Ring Road, linking Hongshan District with Huangpi District. Red Chinese characters are mounted on the lower crossbeam of the nearer pylon.
The bridge carries the Fourth Ring Road across the Yangtze between Hongshan and Huangpi, with the route running from Xinji Village in Bajifu Subdistrict north over the river. It is a highway crossing with no service areas, toll booths, management centre or interchanges, so plan fuel and stops before joining. The deck is 48 metres wide, the widest bridge on the Yangtze.
The main span of 938 metres crosses the river in a single leap, making it the world's longest span among fully floating cable-stayed bridges. Its two A-shaped pylons rise 279.5 metres, about the height of a 100-storey building, the tallest of their kind. The deck is 48 metres wide, the widest bridge across the Yangtze.
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