Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River Bridge
The Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River Bridge is a large cable-stayed bridge over the Yangtze River. The bridge carries 6 lanes of traffic between the Caidian District and the Jiangxia District of Wuhan, Hubei. A concurrency of expressways go over the bridge: The G4 Beijing–Hong Kong–Macau Expressway, the G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway, and the G4201 Wuhan Ring Expressway. The bridge, which was opened in 2001, is one of the largest cable-stayed bridges in the world.[1][2][3]
Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River Bridge 武汉军山长江大桥 | |
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Coordinates | 30.374028°N 114.140278°E |
Carries | G4 Beijing–Hong Kong–Macau Expressway G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway G4201 Wuhan Ring Expressway |
Crosses | Yangtze River |
Locale | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Other name(s) | Wuhan Bridge No. 4 |
Characteristics | |
Design | Cable-stayed |
Total length | 2,847 metres (9,341 ft) |
Longest span | 460 metres (1,510 ft) |
History | |
Construction start | 1998 |
Construction end | 2001 |
Location | |
The bridge is named for Junshan (军山, "the Army Mountain"), a lone mountain on the left bank of the Yangtze upstream from the bridge.
References
- "Nonlinear Earthquake-Response Analysis of Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River under Uniform and Non-Uniform Excitations". Retrieved February 14, 2013.
- "武汉军山长江大桥". 中国桥梁网. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
- 武汉军山长江大桥
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