Wushan Shennv Yangtze River Bridge

Wushan Shennv Yangtze River Bridge
巫山神女长江大桥
Wushan, Chongqing, China
(722) feet high / (220) meters high
3,343 foot span / 1,019 meter span
2027

Wushan Shennv Yangtze River Bridge is the second major crossing of the Yangtze River for the city of Wushan after the 460 meter span Yangtze arch bridge opened in 2005. The 1,523 meter long Shennv Bridge crossing consists of the largest cable stayed mountain bridge ever built with a main span of 1,019 meters. The split steel box deck is supported by single pole towers that will reportedly be 365 meters tall making them the second tallest bridge structures on earth after the Nanpanjiang Bridge Puzhehei in Yunnan Province.

The main span configuration is 47+2x65+75+1,019+75+2x65+47 meters with more approach spans on the north side. The unusually small side spans will be approximately one quarter the length of the main span requiring some kind of weight addition to the side spans similar to what was done for the Yachi and Duge Bridges in Guizhou Province.

The bridge was named Shennv or Goddess after the most famous peak in the Wuxia 3 Gorges region.