Taoyaomen Bridge
The Taoyaomen Bridge (Traditional Chinese: 桃夭門大橋, Simplified Chinese: 桃夭门大桥, Pinyin: táo yāo mén dà qiáo), is a cable-stayed bridge located in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province of the PRC, that crosses the Taoyaomen Channel (Simplified Chinese: 桃夭门水道), linking Fuchi Island (Simplified Chinese: 富翅岛) and Cezi Island (Simplified Chinese: 册子岛).[1] It is the third bridge of the Zhoushan Islands-Linking megaproject (see: Zhoushan Trans-oceanic Bridges).[1]
Taoyaomen Bridge 桃夭门大桥 | |
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Coordinates | 30°06′N 121°58′E |
Carries | Yongzhou Expressway |
Crosses | Taoyaomen Channel |
Locale | Between Fuchi Island and Cezi Island, Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China |
Characteristics | |
Design | Cable-stayed |
Total length | 888 m |
Width | 27.6 m |
Height | 151 m (495 ft) |
Longest span | 580 m (1,903 ft) |
No. of spans | 7 |
Load limit | 2000 t[1][2] |
Clearance above | 32 m |
History | |
Construction start | March 2001[1] |
Construction end | April 2003[1] |
Opened | 2003 |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | 2 directions 4 lanes |
Location | |
Its seven spans are of 48m + 48m + 50m + 580m (main span) + 50m + 48m + 48m.
See also
References
- "桃夭门大桥(Taoyaomen Bridge)" (in Chinese). Zhoushan Science & Technology. 2007-06-19. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
- "桃夭门大桥(Taoyaomen Bridge)" (in Chinese). Dinghai News Agency. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
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