Xihoumen Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Suspension bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
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| Built: | 2005 - 2009 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, Asia Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China, Asia |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 1 650 m | |
| total length | 2 588 m | |
| pylons | height | 211.286 m |
Quantities
| structural steel | 78 152 t | |
| concrete volume | 246 956 m3 |
Cost
| cost of construction | Renminbi Yuan 2 480 000 000 |
Materials
| deck |
steel
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Participants
Structural design
Contractor
- CCCC Second Highway Engineering Co. Ltd.
- China Railway Baoji Bridge Group Co., Ltd.
- Dorman Long Technology Limited
- Sichuan Highway and Bridge Construction Group Co.,Ltd.
Subcontractor
Relevant Web Sites
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Bernd Nebel: Die Xihoumen Brücke in China
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China Education and Research Network: E. China Province to Build World's Second Longest Suspension Bridge (04.03.2005)
Relevant Publications
- Xihoumen: China's Second Longest, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 2nd Quarter 2006, n. 43 v. 12
- Dynamic characteristics studies of an ultra-long suspension bridge, presented at 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures, London, September 2011.
- Zhoushan Xihoumen Bridge with the World Record Span Length of Steel Box Girder, China, in "Structural Engineering International", August 2010, n. 3 v. 20
- Zhoushan Xihoumen Bridge – The world’s longest box girder suspension bridge, presented at IABSE Workshop, Recent Major Bridges, Shanghai, May 2009.
- The Zhoushan Mainland-Island Linking Project Consisting of Five Sea Crossing Bridges, presented at IABSE Workshop, Recent Major Bridges, Shanghai, May 2009.
- Aerodynamic Investigation on a Long-Span Suspension Bridge with Central-Slotted Box Girder, presented at 17th IABSE Congress, Creating and Renewing Urban Structures – Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure, Chicago, September 17-19, 2008.
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0015467 |
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| Created: | 09/03/2005 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |
