Zhengzhou-Jiaozuo Intercity Railway Yellow River Bridge, Railway bridge in Huiji District, Zhengzhou, China
The Zhengjiao Intercity Railway Yellow River Bridge is a four-track railway bridge across the Yellow River in Henan. Its main bridge is 2,200 metres long and carries two lines: the Beijing–Guangzhou railway (11.28 km section, 160 km/h) and the Zhengzhou–Jiaozuo intercity railway (9.63 km section, 250 km/h). It stands 110 to 190 metres downstream of the Jiayingguan Yellow River Railway Bridge.
Construction began in October 2010 to replace the Jiayingguan Yellow River Railway Bridge, 110 to 190 metres upstream, which had carried the Beijing–Guangzhou railway since 1960. The new bridge opened to Beijing–Guangzhou trains on 16 May 2014, raising line speed from 110 to 160 km/h, and the Zhengzhou–Jiaozuo intercity section followed on 26 June 2015.
The bridge's name links it to the Zhengzhou–Jiaozuo intercity line, whose trains began crossing on 26 June 2015, while Beijing–Guangzhou railway trains switched to it on 16 May 2014. Its four-track deck made it the first and, per Chinese sources, only four-line railway bridge over the Yellow River.
The bridge lies between 110 and 190 metres downstream of the Jiayingguan Yellow River Railway Bridge, which it replaced on the Beijing–Guangzhou line. It carries four tracks: the Beijing–Guangzhou railway at up to 160 km/h and the Zhengzhou–Jiaozuo intercity line at up to 250 km/h. The main bridge is 2,200 metres long.
The main bridge is 2,200 metres long and carries four tracks on one shared structure, making it the first and, per Chinese sources, the only four-track railway bridge over the Yellow River. It stands 110 to 190 metres downstream of the older Jiayingguan bridge, which opened in 1960 and was replaced for Beijing–Guangzhou traffic in 2014.
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