Nanjing Second Yangtse River Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Cable-stayed bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Other name(s): | South Bridge |
| Built: | 1997 - 2001 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Asia |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 628 m | |
| total length | 2.96 km | |
| deck | deck depth | 3.144 m |
| deck width | 37.2 m | |
| pylon | pylon height | 195.41 m |
| main bridge | ||
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| length | 1 238 m | |
Cost
| cost of construction | ca. United States dollar 410 000 000 |
Materials
| deck |
steel
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Products, Services & Reports
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 ...
Chronology
| October 1997 | Construction begins. |
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| March 2001 | Opened to traffic |
Participants
Owner
Design
Checking engineering
Contractor
Steel construction
Stay cables
Expansion joints
Project management
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge safety and comfort analyses, presented at IABSE Symposium, Antwerp, Belgium, 2003.
- Crossing the Yangtze, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", February 2002, n. 2 v. 72
- Double Helping, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 4th Quarter 2000, n. 21 v. 6
- Grand Prix awarded to a Korean subcontractor, in "VSL News", 1999, n. 2 v. 10
- Second Nanjing Cable-Stayed Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2004, n. 1 v. 14
- Leading edge, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 2nd Quarter 2001, n. 23 v. 7
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0001307 |
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| Created: | 11/02/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |