General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Single-span two-tower suspension bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
| Plan view: |
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Location
| Location: |
Jishou, Hunan, China |
|---|---|
| See also: |
Aizhai Girder Bridge (2012)
|
| Coordinates: | 28° 19' 41.82" N 109° 36' 11.95" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 1 534 m | |
| number of spans | ! | |
| height above valley floor or water | 336 m | |
| roadway / carriageway width | 2 x 11.00 m | |
| abutments | number | 2 |
| cables | span lengths | 242 m - 1176.00 m - 116.00 m |
| strands per cable | 169 | |
| wires per strand | 127 | |
| number | 2 | |
| deck | span | 1 000.50 m |
| length | 1 000.50 m | |
| deck width | 24.5 m | |
| deck truss | width | 27 m |
| height | 7.5 m | |
| eastern pylon | height | 129.32 m |
| pylons | number | 2 |
| western pylon | height | 61.93 m |
Materials
| pylons |
reinforced concrete
|
|---|---|
| deck truss |
steel
|
Case Studies and Applied Products
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Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2017): Bridges. A History of the World's Most Spectacular Spans. 2nd edition, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), ISBN 978-0316507943, pp. 142-143.
- (2007): Great demand and great challenge. Chinese Major Bridges under Construction for Improving Traffic Infrastructure Nationwide. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, Weimar, Germany, 19-21 September 2007, pp. 6-9.
- (2015): Study of the rock foundation stability of the Aizhai suspension bridge over a deep canyon area in China. In: Engineering Geology, v. 198 (November 2015), pp. 65-77.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20032664 - Published on:
28/10/2007 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
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