Liujiang Yellow River Bridge, Highway arch bridge in Yuanyang County and Jinshui District, China
The Liujiang Yellow River Bridge is a 9,848.16 m long, 42 m wide expressway bridge carrying eight lanes of the Jinggang'ao Expressway across the Yellow River between Yuanyang County and Jinshui District. It has three parts: a north approach of 127 spans of 35 m and 81 spans of 50 m T-beams, a main bridge of eight 100 m through-type concrete-filled steel tube tied-arch spans, and a south approach of 27 spans of 20 m prestressed hollow slabs.
Construction of the Liujiang Yellow River Bridge began in April 2002 and it opened to traffic in October 2004. It was built as part of the Jinggang'ao expressway crossing of the Yellow River, and when completed it was the longest and widest expressway bridge in China.
The bridge carries the name Liujiang from the village at its southern end in Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, while its northern end lies at Jiangzhuang in Yuanyang County, Xinxiang. It was first known as the Jingzhu Expressway Zhengzhou Yellow River Highway Bridge and is also called the Second Zhengzhou Yellow River Bridge, since it supplemented the older crossing on the same corridor.
The bridge carries the Jinggang'ao Expressway across the Yellow River between Yuanyang County and Zhengzhou's Jinshui District. It is a motorway structure with eight lanes and a design speed of 120 km/h, so there is no pedestrian or stopping access; it is crossed in a vehicle. The deck runs 9,848.16 m, with the northern approach, main arch span and southern approach in sequence.
The main span is a tied-arch of eight 100-metre spans using concrete-filled steel tubes, the first such large arch bridge over the Yellow River. Its approach viaducts use T-beams of 35 and 50 metres to the north and prestressed hollow slabs of 20 metres to the south.
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