Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Suspension bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Built: | 1995 - 1999 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China, Asia |
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| Crosses |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 1 385 m | |
| total length | 3 km | |
| clearance | 50 m | |
| pylon | pylon height | 190 m |
Quantities
| structural steel | 35 300 t |
Materials
| superstructure |
steel
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| cables |
steel
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| pylons |
reinforced concrete
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| deck of approaches |
prestressed concrete
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Chronology
| 1995 | Construction of substructures begins |
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| Fall 1997 | Construction of superstructure begins |
| September 1999 | Opened to traffic |
Participants
Owner
Structural engineering
- Bridge Reconnaissance and Design Institute (foundations)
- Highways Planning and Design Insitute of the Ministry of Communication
- Jiangsu Province Communications Planning and Design Institute
Consulting
Construction
- Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co. Ltd. (deck of main span)
Contractor
- Dorman Long Technology Limited
- Kvaerner Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Sdn Bhd
- Second Navigational Engineering Bureau of the Communications Ministry
- Shanghai Foundation Engineering Co.
Steel construction
Cables
Cable steel supplier
Relevant Web Sites
There currently are no relevant websites listed.
Relevant Publications
- Bridge Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton (USA), ISBN 0849374340, 1999; pp. 63-35 - 63-36
- Bridging the World, Bridge Ink, Wilsonville (USA), ISBN 0964196336, 2003
- Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge, China, in "Bridge Engineering", March 2003, n. 1 v. 156
- Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge, China, in "Structural Engineering International", May 2000, n. 2 v. 10
- Jiangyin Yangtze highway Bridge, presented at Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, IABSE Symposium, Kobe, 1998.
- Construction of the Jiangyin Yangtze Suspension Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2004, n. 1 v. 14
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0001751 |
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| Created: | 18/08/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |