Wanxian Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Arch bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
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| Completed in: | 1997 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Wanzhou, Chongqing, China, Asia |
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| Crosses |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 864.12 m | |
| rise:span | 1:5 | |
| arch span | 420 m | |
| deck | deck width | 24 m |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| arch |
reinforced concrete
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Participants
Design
Construction
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- ARCH'01 - 3ème conférence sur les ponts en arc, Presses de l'Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussées, Paris (France), ISBN 2859783474, 2001; pp. 673-676, 815-820
- Bridge Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton (USA), ISBN 0849374340, 1999; pp. 63-20 - 63-21
- Development of Concrete-Filled Tubular Arch Bridges, China, in "Structural Engineering International", November 2001, n. 4 v. 11
- Tierra sobre el agua, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), ISBN 8438001483, 1999; pp. 369
- Creep Analysis of Encased CFST Arch Bridges, A Case Study of Wanxian Yangtze River Bridge, presented at IABSE Symposium, Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, 22-24 September 2010.
- New developments on Chinese arch bridges techniques, presented at ARCH'01. 3ème conférence sur les ponts en arc.
- Composite arch bridges developed in China, presented at IABSE Conference report, Innsbruck, Austria, 16-18/09/1997.
- Wanxian Yangtze Bridge, China, in "Structural Engineering International", August 1997, n. 3 v. 7
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0001855 |
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| Created: | 29/08/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |
