General Information
| Name in local language: | 西陵长江大桥 (Xīlíng Chángjiāng Dàqiáo) |
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| Beginning of works: | December 1993 |
| Completion: | 10 August 1996 |
| Duration of works: | 28 months |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Single-span two-tower suspension bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
| Plan view: |
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| Construction method: |
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| Material: |
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| Secondary structure(s): |
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| Material: |
main span: Steel bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Yichang, Hubei, China |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 30° 49' 42.99" N 111° 2' 48.01" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 900 m | |
| width | 18 m | |
| total length | 1 118.66 m | |
| sag:span | 1:10.46 | |
| bridge surface | 23 400 m² | |
| number of lanes | 4 | |
| roadway / carriageway width | 15.00 m | |
| walkway width | 2 x 1.50 m | |
| on-axis distance between cables at top of towers | 20.00 m | |
| on-center spacing between suspenders | 12.7 m | |
| cables | diameter | 0.57 m |
| sag | 86.00 m | |
| span lengths | 225.00 m - 900.00 m - 255.00 m | |
| strands per cable | 110 | |
| wires per strand | 91 | |
| wire diameter | 5 mm | |
| deck | deck width | 20.6 m |
| pylons | height | 120 m |
Quantities
| structural steel | 19 000 t | |
| concrete volume | 150 000 m³ |
Design Loads
| live load | max. 54 t |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| deck of main span |
steel
|
| pylons |
reinforced concrete
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| deck of approach viaducts |
prestressed concrete
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Xiling Yangtze River Bridge (simplified Chinese: 西陵长江大桥; traditional Chinese: 西陵長江大橋; pinyin: Xīlíng Chángjiāng Dàqiáo), is a suspension bridge over the Yangtze River, just a few kilometers downstream from the Three Gorges Dam. The bridge is located within Yiling District of the prefecture-level city of Yichang (Hubei Province of China), connecting the towns of Taipingxi and Letianxi (on the left, northern bank of the river) with Sandouping (on the right, southern bank).
The bridge is located some 50 km upstream (west) from Yichang main urban area (i.e., Xiling District). The construction started in December 1993 and was completed in 1996. The bridge opened in August 1996.) and had the longest bridge span across the Yangtze, of 900 meters. The total length of the bridge was reported as 1118.66 meters. The bridge surface is 18 m wide, carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Xiling Yangtze River Bridge" and modified on July 22, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1998): Xiling Bridge over the Yangtze River, China. In: Structural Engineering International, v. 8, n. 2 (May 1998), pp. 86-87.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20001897 - Published on:
31/08/2001 - Last updated on:
25/09/2023
