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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

Structure: main navigation channel bridge:
Single-span two-tower suspension bridge
auxiliary navigation channel bridge:
Haunched girder bridge
Support conditions:
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main navigation channel bridge:
Steel bridge
auxiliary navigation channel bridge:
Prestressed concrete bridge
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auxiliary navigation channel bridge:
Balanced cantilever method

Location

Location: , ,
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Crosses:
  • Pearl River
Coordinates: 22° 47' 58.43" N    113° 37' 12.17" E
Coordinates: 22° 46' 53.62" N    113° 35' 35.76" E
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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
pylons prestressed concrete
reinforced concrete
deck of main bridge steel

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 22 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20001896
  • Published on:
    31/08/2001
  • Last updated on:
    18/05/2023
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