The Jiang Yin Bridge is the closest to the sea at the time of its construction, the bridge across the Yangtze River , but later two more bridges were built downstream: the Sutun Bridge and the Shanghai Bridge and the Yangtze Tunnel . It connects Jiang Yin City County, Wuxi City District , Jiangsu Province , China, and Jingjiang City County, Taizhou City County, the same province. The length of the main span of the bridge is 1385 meters, which makes it the seventh longest suspension bridge in the world and the largest in China at the time of its completion in 1999.
Jiangyin bridge | |
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Official name | Jiangyin Suspension Bridge Whale. 江陰 長江 大橋 |
Application area | car |
Crosses | R. Yangtze |
Location | jiangsu province |
Design | |
Type of construction | hanging |
Material | steel |
Number of spans | one |
Main span | suspension |
total length | 3071 |
Construction height | 190 |
The height of the arch above the water | 50 |
Lanes | 6 |
Exploitation | |
Cost of | 2.728 billion yuan |
Start of construction | 1995 |
End of construction | 1999 |
Opening | 1999 |
The bridge is located in the center of Jiangsu Province, the traffic of two national expressways passes through it: the Tongjiang-Sanya Expressway on the east coast and the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway in the west. There are three lanes in both directions and pedestrian sidewalks. The location of the bridge was chosen because of the narrowness of the river in this place. The height of the bridge above the river is 50 meters. The construction of the bridge was planned in such a way that it was completed by the 50th anniversary of the 1947 Chinese revolution. It was the first bridge of such a large extent, designed in China. The foundation began to lay in 1994. The design and construction of the bridge was completed in less than three years. Pylons are 190 meters high, which is roughly equivalent to the height of a 60-story building. The main span is made of a single, streamlined steel plate. The steel truss was created by collecting prefabricated elements weighing up to 500 tons ( photo of the mounted element ). The total investment in the bridge amounted to 2.728 billion yuan . The bridge was opened on September 28, 1999. Jiang Zemin opened the bridge by solemnly cutting the ribbon. [1] This impressive construction was carried out by the Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company from the UK . Goodwin Steel Castings Ltd , also from the UK, made ropes.
In 2002, the bridge received an award at the International Bridge Conference for "... outstanding achievements in the field of bridge engineering." [2]
See also
- Bridges and tunnels across the Yangtze River
Notes
- 江阴 长江 大桥 _ 中国 公路 网
- ↑ Your Page Title Archived June 17, 2013.