General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Through arch bridge Truss arch bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge Road bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 142 m | |
| total length | 1 741 m | |
| lower deck | width | 29 m |
| number of tracks | 2 | |
| number of lanes | 2 | |
| northern approach viaduct | total length | 314 m |
| southern approach viaduct | total length | 495 m |
| upper deck | width | 36.50 m |
| number of lanes | 2 x 3 | |
| main bridge | ||
|---|---|---|
| total length | 932 m | |
| span lengths | 190 m - 552 m - 190 m | |
| number of spans | 3 | |
Materials
| arch |
steel
|
|---|---|
| deck of approach viaducts |
prestressed concrete
|
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Chaotianmen Bridge (simplified Chinese: 朝天门长江大桥; traditional Chinese: 朝天門長江大橋; pinyin: Cháotiān mén chángjiāng dàqiáo), is a road-rail bridge over the Yangtze River in the city of Chongqing, China. The bridge, which opened on 29 April 2009, is the world's longest through arch bridge.
The continuous steel truss arch bridge with tie girders has a height of 142 m (466 ft) from middle supports to arch top, main span of 552 m (1,811 ft) and a total length of 1,741 m (5,712 ft). It carries six lanes of traffic with a pedestrian walkway on each side on the upper deck. The lower deck has 2 traffic lanes on each side with the Chongqing Metro Loop Line running down the middle.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Chaotianmen Bridge" and modified on January 4, 2025 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
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Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2007): L'arc sous toutes ses formes. In: Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment, n. 5392 (30 March 2007), pp. 64-70.
- (2009): The Chaotianmen Bridge – An arch bridge with a new world record span of 552 m. Presented at: IABSE Workshop: Recent Major Bridges, Shanghai, China, 11-12 May 2009, pp. 250-255.
- (2009): China's Major Bridges. Presented at: IABSE Workshop: Recent Major Bridges, Shanghai, China, 11-12 May 2009, pp. 1-24.
- Construction starts on world-beating arch bridge. In: Bridge Design & Engineering, v. 12, n. 45 (4th Quarter 2006), pp. 10.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20025644 - Published on:
10/12/2006 - Last updated on:
31/12/2024
