Sutong Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Cable-stayed bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
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| Completed in: | 2008 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, Asia |
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| Crosses |
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| Coordinates: | 31° 46' 44.00" N 120° 59' 42.00" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 1 088 m | |
| total length | 8 146 m | |
| clearance | 62 m | |
| main bridge | length | 2088 m |
| span lengths | 2 x 100 m - 300 m - 1 088 m - 300 m - 2 x 100 m | |
| pylons | height from foundation level | 304.4 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 750 000 000 |
Materials
| deck |
steel
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Chronology
| 1 June 2007 | The central segment of the deck is lifted into place. |
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Participants
Owner
Design
- Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tongji University
- China Highway Planning and Design Institute Consultants
- Jiangsu Province Communications Planning and Design Institute
Wind tunnel testing
Consulting engineers
- Civil Engineering Institute of Southwest Jiaotong University
- COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners AS
- Maunsell AECOM
Contractor
- China Harbour Engineering Company Group
- China Railway Shanhaiguan Bridge Group Co.
- Jiangsu Fasten Nippon Steel Cable Co., Ltd.
- Second Highway Engineering Bureau of China Communications Construction Company
- Second Navigational Engineering Bureau of China Communications Construction Company
Subcontractor
Formwork
Relevant Web Sites
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Bridge design & engineering: China approves world's longest cable-stayed bridge
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China.org.cn: China Plans to Build World's Longest Cable-Stayed Bridge (23.02.2002)
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IABSE: e-learning: Sutong Bridge Cable Stayed Segment
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People Daily: China to Build World Longest Cable-stayed Bridge (02.04.2002)
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Sutong Changjiang Highway Bridge
Relevant Publications
- Tight toleranaces for Sutong deck lift, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 4th Quarter 2005, n. 41 v. 11
- 'Intelligent' dampers for Sutong stays, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 2nd Quarter 2006, n. 43 v. 12
- Rising star, in "Bridge Update", November 2006, n. 62
- Sutong deck lift at full speed, in "Bridge Update", January 2007, n. 65
- Next Yangtze crossing moves ahead, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 4th Quarter 2004, n. 37 v. 10
- Longer, presented at 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures, London, September 2011.
- Smooth operator, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 4th Quarter 2007, n. 49
- China's bridge boom grows with another three world-class projects, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 1st Quarter 2003, n. 30 v. 9
- Route master, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 1st Quarter 2007, n. 46 v. 13
- Aerodynamic Behaviour of Very Long Cable-Stayed Bridges during Construction, presented at IABSE Symposium, Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, 22-24 September 2010.
- Sutong's final pice finds its place in history, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 3rd Quarter 2007, n. 48
- Sutong Bridge-A Cable-stayed Bridge with Main Span of 1088 Meters, presented at 17th IABSE Congress, Creating and Renewing Urban Structures – Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure, Chicago, September 17-19, 2008.
- Sutong Bridge - The Longest Cable-Stayed Bridge in the World, in "Structural Engineering International", November 2008, n. 4 v. 18
- Sutong Bridge – A cable-stayed bridge with a main span of 1088 meters, presented at IABSE Workshop, Recent Major Bridges, Shanghai, May 2009.
- The Key Techniques For Sutong Bridge Construction Control, presented at Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, IABSE Symposium, Weimar, 19-21.09.2007.
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0004919 |
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| Created: | 08/09/2002 |
| Last Updated: | 18/03/2013 |