General Information
| Name in local language: | 虎门大桥 (Hǔmén Dàqiáo) |
|---|---|
| Beginning of works: | 28 October 1992 |
| Completion: | 9 June 1997 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
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| Support conditions: |
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| Construction method: |
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| Secondary structure(s): |
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| Structure: |
main navigation channel bridge: Single-span two-tower suspension bridge |
| Material: |
main navigation channel bridge: Steel bridge auxiliary navigation channel bridge: Prestressed concrete bridge |
| Structure: |
auxiliary navigation channel bridge: Haunched girder bridge |
| Construction method: |
auxiliary navigation channel bridge: Balanced cantilever method |
Location
| Location: |
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Dongguan, Guangdong, China |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 22° 47' 58.43" N 113° 37' 12.17" E |
| Coordinates: | 22° 46' 53.62" N 113° 35' 35.76" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 3 618 m | |
| auxiliary navigation channel bridge | ||
|---|---|---|
| main span | 270 m | |
| bridge surface | 17 670 m² | |
| main navigation channel bridge | ||
| main span | 888 m | |
| bridge surface | 26 640 m² | |
| vertical navigation clearance | 60 m | |
| cables | sag | 84.6 m |
| deck | deck width | 35.6 m |
| girder depth | 3.0 m | |
| pylons | height | ca. 148 m |
| pylon height (above deck) | ca. 90 m | |
Quantities
| auxiliary navigation channel bridge | ||
|---|---|---|
| substructure | concrete volume | 26 500 m³ |
| superstructure | concrete volume | 24 800 m³ |
| main navigation channel bridge | ||
| substructure | structural steel | 7 300 t |
| concrete volume | 150 700 m³ | |
| superstructure | structural steel | 20 950 t |
| concrete volume | 1 600 m³ | |
Design Loads
| wind load | 61 m/s |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
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|---|---|
| pylons |
prestressed concrete
reinforced concrete |
| deck of main bridge |
steel
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Humen Pearl River Bridge (simplified Chinese: 虎门大桥; traditional Chinese: 虎門大橋; pinyin: Hǔmén Dàqiáo; Jyutping: Fu2mun4 Dai6kiu4) is a bridge over the Humen, Pearl River in Guangdong Province, southern China. It consists of two main spans - a suspension bridge section and a segmental concrete section. It connects the Nansha District of Guangzhou to Humen Town of Dongguan. Completed in 1997, the suspension bridge has a main span of 888 meters, and the segmental concrete section's main span of 237 meters is among the longest such spans in the world. It forms part of the G9411 Dongguan–Foshan Expressway. A newer bridge known as Nansha Bridge (Chinese:南沙大桥), built to reduce the traffic problems on the Humen Bridge, opened to traffic in April 2019.
Features
The bridge is divided into five sections: the east approach, the suspension bridge section, the middle approach, the segmental concrete section, and the west approach. Hurricanes are common occurrences, so the design wind speed at the bridge deck level was established at 61 m/s.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Humen Pearl River Bridge" and modified on July 22, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1999): Bridge Engineering Handbook. CRC Press, Boca Raton (USA), pp. 63-25.
- (2009): China's Major Bridges. Presented at: IABSE Workshop: Recent Major Bridges, Shanghai, China, 11-12 May 2009, pp. 1-24.
- (2001): Engineering Control of HuMen Suspension Bridge. Presented at: IABSE Conference: Cable-Supported Bridges - Challenging Technical Limits, Seoul, South Korea, 12-14 June 2001, pp. 102-109.
- (1998): The Humen Pearl River Bridge, China. In: Structural Engineering International, v. 8, n. 2 (May 1998), pp. 93-95.
- (1998): Hydraulic lifting of steel box-girders for Humen Bridge. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, Kobe, Japan, September 1998, pp. 375-376.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20001896 - Published on:
31/08/2001 - Last updated on:
25/10/2024
