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Structure-ID: s0001307
Created on: 11/02/01
Modified on: 13/03/04


Nanjing Second Yangtse River Bridge

South Bridge
Built: 1997 - 2001
Status: in use
Location: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Crosses: Yangtze River
Second Nanjing Bridge
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Structural Type:
Cable-stayed bridge
semi-fan arrangement, orthotropic deck, inverted-Y pylon
Function / usage:
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Part of: Nanjing Second Yangtze River Crossing

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner City of Nanjing
Design Highways Planning and Design Insitute of the Ministry of Communication
Checking engineering T. Y. Lin International
Contractor Shandong Highway & Bridge Construction Corporation
Steel construction Baoji Bridge Girder Plant
Stay cables Shanghai Pujiang Cable Company
Expansion joints mageba sa
Project management Nanjing Second Yangtze River Construction Company

Products used in this structure
Production of a Modular Expansion Joint of the type LR16 (max. linear movement 1280 mm) TENSA®MODULAR Type LR
Modular Expansion Joints can be constructed for any movements, from about 100 mm up to 2,000 mm and more. They allow movements in all 3 directions and rotations around all 3 axes.

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
deck  steel
Dimensions
  main span 628 m
  total length 2.96 km
  length of main bridge 1 238 m
deck   deck depth 3.144 m
  deck width 37.2 m
pylon   pylon height 195.41 m
Cost
  cost of construction ca. US$ 410 000 000

Chronology
October 1997
Construction begins.
March 2001
Opened to traffic

Relevant Web Sites
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External LinkPeople's Daily: Second Nanjing Yangtze Bridge Has Its Two Sections Joined (10.07.2000) English

Relevant Literature
* Andersen, Jacob E.   Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge safety and comfort analyses, presented at IABSE Symposium, Antwerp, Belgium, 2003.
* Dai, Yongning   Crossing the Yangtze, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", February 2002, n. 2 v. 72 .
* Dajun, Ding   Double Helping, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 4th Quarter 2000, n. 21 v. 6 .
* Lee, J. K.   Grand Prix awarded to a Korean subcontractor, in "VSL News", 1999, n. 2 v. 10 .
* Liu, Liping   Second Nanjing Cable-Stayed Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2004, n. 1 v. 14 .
* Tang, Man-Chung   Leading edge, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 2nd Quarter 2001, n. 23 v. 7 .

 
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