Difference between revisions of "Zhongxian Changjiang Bridge"
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A major link in the new highway that goes from Yichang to Xhongxian and then to the city of Chongqing, this new cable stayed crossing has the unique distinction of having the highest deck height of any bridge ever built over the Yangtze River if measured to the full level of the 3 Gorges reservoir. Even the 3 great Yangtze River arches - Chaotianmen, Wanxian and Wushan - are all a few meters short of the 276 foot (84 mtr) deck to water distance beneath the Zhongxian Changjiang bridge. The river is unusually wide at the crossing and required a large prestressed beam span of 200 meters in addition to the usual 3-span cable stayed configuration. The name Chang Jiang is the Chinese name for the Yangtze River which is good as it differentiates this bridge from the nearby Zhongxian Yangtze River bridge - a suspension span from 2001 located just downstream from the new cable stayed bridge. | A major link in the new highway that goes from Yichang to Xhongxian and then to the city of Chongqing, this new cable stayed crossing has the unique distinction of having the highest deck height of any bridge ever built over the Yangtze River if measured to the full level of the 3 Gorges reservoir. Even the 3 great Yangtze River arches - Chaotianmen, Wanxian and Wushan - are all a few meters short of the 276 foot (84 mtr) deck to water distance beneath the Zhongxian Changjiang bridge. The river is unusually wide at the crossing and required a large prestressed beam span of 200 meters in addition to the usual 3-span cable stayed configuration. The name Chang Jiang is the Chinese name for the Yangtze River which is good as it differentiates this bridge from the nearby Zhongxian Yangtze River bridge - a suspension span from 2001 located just downstream from the new cable stayed bridge. | ||
| − | The above construction photo was taken before the reservoir reached its full level with the deck | + | The above construction photo was taken before the reservoir reached its full level with the deck somewhere around 350 feet (107 mtrs) high. |
Revision as of 06:12, 14 December 2009
Zhongxian Changjiang Bridge
忠县长江大桥
Zhongxian, Chongqing, China
(440) feet high / 134 meters high
1,509 foot span / 460 meter span
2010
A major link in the new highway that goes from Yichang to Xhongxian and then to the city of Chongqing, this new cable stayed crossing has the unique distinction of having the highest deck height of any bridge ever built over the Yangtze River if measured to the full level of the 3 Gorges reservoir. Even the 3 great Yangtze River arches - Chaotianmen, Wanxian and Wushan - are all a few meters short of the 276 foot (84 mtr) deck to water distance beneath the Zhongxian Changjiang bridge. The river is unusually wide at the crossing and required a large prestressed beam span of 200 meters in addition to the usual 3-span cable stayed configuration. The name Chang Jiang is the Chinese name for the Yangtze River which is good as it differentiates this bridge from the nearby Zhongxian Yangtze River bridge - a suspension span from 2001 located just downstream from the new cable stayed bridge.
The above construction photo was taken before the reservoir reached its full level with the deck somewhere around 350 feet (107 mtrs) high.
