The Chaotianmen Bridge – An arch bridge with a new world record span of 552 m
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Fumin Wang
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Workshop: Recent Major Bridges, Shanghai, China, 11-12 May 2009 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Workshop Shanghai 2009 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 250-255 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 6 | ||||
| Year: | 2009 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137809796089223 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The Chongqing Chaotianmen Yangtse River Bridge is a steel truss arch bridge with a main span of 552 m. The main span of the bridge is currently the world's longest. Ist design and construction overcame significant technical difficulties. This paper describes the innovative aspects of the bridge with regard to selection of structural system, length of main span, and construction technology. |
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| Keywords: |
steel truss arch bridge Yangtse River Bridge world record design innovations
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