Bianyuzhou Yangtze River Bridge, Railway and cable-stayed bridge in Huangmei County and Chaisang District, China.
The Bianyuzhou Yangtze River Bridge is a four-track railway cable-stayed bridge across the Yangtze between Huangmei County, Hubei, and Chaisang District, Jiujiang. Its 1,320 m main span, with a 672 m cable-stayed opening, is carried by two 242 m H-shaped concrete pylons; the deck mixes a 1,060 m steel box girder with a 262 m concrete box girder.
Geological surveys for the pylon foundations began in March 2015, and the northern pylon's steel-pipe foundation was finished by late 2017. The main span was closed in June 2021, and the bridge opened on 30 December 2021 with the Anjiu high-speed railway. Its 5th pylon, 242 m tall, required pile drilling to 110 m, the deepest in Chinese high-speed rail construction.
The bridge carries the Beijing–Hong Kong high-speed line and a parallel conventional railway, opened with the Anjiu high-speed railway on 30 December 2021. Its name comes from Bianyu Island ("bream islet") in the Jiujiang waterway, which the viaduct crosses between the two cable-stayed spans.
The bridge carries only rail traffic, so it cannot be walked or driven across; views come from the riverbanks and from the Jiujiang Yangtze River Highway Bridge about 5.3 km downstream. The main span clears the navigation channel at a height of 24 m, and the deck sits 672 m between the two pylons, so the whole crossing is best taken in from a distance.
The main span of 672 metres is carried by two H-shaped concrete pylons, and the bridge was the first in China to use crossed stay cables, a measure that compensates for the limited stiffness of its long steel box girder. The deck carries four railway tracks: two passenger lines and two reserved freight lines.
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