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Structure-ID: s0015467
Created on: 09/03/05
Modified on: 16/09/09


Xihoumen Bridge

Built: 2005 - 2009
Status: under construction
Location: Linking Jintang and Cezi islands between Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China and Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Xihoumen Bridge
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Structural Type:
Suspension bridge
Function / usage:
Road bridge
Part of: Zhoushan Islands and Mainland Link Project

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RoleNamePart of structure 
Contractor Dorman Long Technology Limited

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DescriptionValue
Dimensions
  main span 1 650 m
  total length 2 588 m
pylons   height 211.286 m
Cost
  cost of construction ¥ 2 480 000 000

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External LinkBernd Nebel: Die Xihoumen Brücke in China German
External LinkChina Education and Research Network: E. China Province to Build World's Second Longest Suspension Bridge (04.03.2005) English

Relevant Literature
* Hui, Song   Xihoumen: China's Second Longest, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 2nd Quarter 2006, n. 43 v. 12 .
* Song, Hui   Zhoushan Xihoumen Bridge – The world’s longest box girder suspension bridge, presented at IABSE Workshop, Recent Major Bridges, Shanghai, May 2009.
* Wang, Changjiang   The Zhoushan Mainland-Island Linking Project Consisting of Five Sea Crossing Bridges, presented at IABSE Workshop, Recent Major Bridges, Shanghai, May 2009.
* Yang, Yongxin   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.

 
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