Taohuayu Yellow River Bridge, Suspension bridge in Taohuayu, China.
The Taohuayu Yellow River Bridge is a self-anchored suspension bridge on the Zhengyun Expressway, running from Taohuayu in Guangwu Town, Xingyang, on the south bank to Gedangdian Township, Wuzhi County, on the north bank. Its 7,702.89 m length is divided into north outer approach, dike-spanning bridge, north inner approach, auxiliary bridge, main bridge and south approach. The main bridge is a double-tower, three-span self-anchored suspension structure with a 406 m main span and a 33 m standard deck width.
The bridge opened to traffic on 27 September 2013, carrying the Zhengyun Expressway over the Yellow River between Xingyang and Wuzhi. At completion its 406-metre main span made it the world's longest self-anchored suspension bridge, and it was then the only suspension bridge on the Yellow River. In 2015 it received a second prize for highway design from the China Highway Survey and Design Association.
The bridge carries the Zhengyun Expressway between Xingyang's Guangwu Town and Wuzhi County, so its traffic is highway traffic rather than local foot crossings. Its name comes from Taohuayu, the southern bank village in Guangwu Town where the span begins. In 2015 the China Highway Survey and Design Association gave the project second prize for excellent highway design.
The bridge carries the six-lane Zhengyun Expressway with a design speed of 100 km/h, so it is crossed by car rather than on foot. Approach it via the Zhengyun Expressway and the Taohuayu interchange, where signs point to the bridge. The deck runs between Guangwu Town in Xingyang on the south bank and Gedangdian Township in Wuzhi County on the north.
When it opened in 2013, its 406-metre main span made it the longest-span self-anchored suspension bridge in the world, and it was then the only suspension bridge over the Yellow River. Its deck carries six expressway lanes at a design speed of 100 km/h.
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