Fourth Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge
Coordinates: 32 ° 10 ′ 31 ″ N , 118 ° 56 ′ 23 ″ E
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南京 长江 第四 大桥 |
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| use | Road traffic | |
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 Nanjing Ring Expressway
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| Subjugated | Yangtze River | |
| place | Nanjing | |
| construction | Suspension bridge | |
| overall length | 5437 m | |
| width | 38.2 m | |
| Longest span | 1418 m | |
| Construction height | 229 m | |
| Clear height | 50 m | |
| building-costs | 6.8 billion yuan | |
| start of building | December 2008 | |
| opening | December 24, 2012 | |
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The Fourth Nanjing-Yangtze Bridge ( Chinese 南京 长江 第四 大桥 , Pinyin Nánjīng chángjiāng dì sì dàqiáo ) is a bridge opened in 2012 over the Yangtze River near Nanjing in the People's Republic of China . With a span of 1418 m, it is the seventh longest suspension bridge in the world. The entire structure, including the approach bridges, is 5437 m long, of which the length of the suspension bridge is 2191 m.
The bridge is the fourth bridge over the Yangtze in or near Nanjing after the Nanjing-Yangtze Bridge opened in 1968 , the Second Nanjing-Yangtze Bridge opened in 2001 and the Third Nanjing-Yangtze Bridge opened in 2005 .
Suspension bridge
The 229 m high pylons of the bridge consist of two concrete pillars , which are connected at the top with a steel girder . The deck girder is 38.2 m wide. It consists of a 3.5 m high hollow box girder made of steel , which has been aerodynamically optimized in order to keep the load from cross winds low. It has three lanes and a hard shoulder in each direction of traffic. Outside the suspension cable and the hanger there is a 2.1 m wide maintenance walkway. The bridge is supported by prefabricated parallel wire ropes with 127 wires.
Web links
- The 4th Nanjing Bridge - great suspension bridge in China. (PDF; 246 kB) In: RIA. April 2009, accessed September 8, 2013 .
- Fourth Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge. In: Structurae