Chaotianmen Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Arch bridge
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| Completed in: | 2008 |
| Status: | under construction |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Chongqing, China, Asia |
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| Crosses |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 142 m | |
| total length | 1 741 m | |
| lower deck | width | 29 m |
| number of tracks | 2 | |
| number of lanes | 2 | |
| main bridge | total length | 932 m |
| span lengths | 190 m - 552 m - 190 m | |
| northern approach | total length | 314 m |
| southern approach | total length | 495 m |
| upper deck | width | 36.50 m |
| number of lanes | 2 x 3 |
Materials
| arch |
steel
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| deck of approaches |
prestressed concrete
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Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- Construction starts on world-beating arch bridge, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 4th Quarter 2006, n. 45 v. 12
- L'arc sous toutes ses formes, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 30 March 2007, n. 5392
- The Chaotianmen Bridge – An arch bridge with a new world record span of 552 m, presented at IABSE Workshop, Recent Major Bridges, Shanghai, May 2009.
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0025644 |
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| Created: | 10/12/2006 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |