Lunes, Pebrero 21, 2011

Longest Arch Bridge in the World


Chongqing Chaotianmen Yangtze River Bridge is located at 1,2 km of lower reaches from Chaotianmen (the joint of Yangtze River and Jialing River). It is an important passage connecting west and east banks of Yangtze River and facilitating the south bank and the central commercial district in the north of Jianling River in Chongqing City. The total length of the main bridge and both west and east approaches is 1741 m, among which the 932m main bridge is a 190 + 552 + 190 m half-through continuous steel truss arch with tie girders. The lengths of west and east approaches are 314 m and 495 m respectively, both of them being continuous PC box girder bridges (PC = prestressed concrere). Double-level traffic arrangement is adopted with upper deck to be designed in two-way 6 lanes and both side pedestrian lanes, with lower deck in middle two-way municipal light rails and 2 two-way lanes in each side.

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