Nanjing Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge

The Nanjing Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge, was Third Nanjing Yangtze Bridge, is the first cable-stayed bridge with steel tower stanchions located in Nanjing, China.[1] It is the third crossing of the Yangtze River at Nanjing. The cable-stayed portion is just a part of the 4.7 kilometers of the complete bridge. Constructed in slightly more than two years at a cost of $490 million, this bridge features dual 215 meters towers. The main span measures 648 meters. When it was completed in 2005 it was the third longest cable stayed span in the world.[2] It still ranks among the top 20. The bridge carries the G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway and the G2503 Nanjing Ring Expressway. The bridge has renamed on 20 December 2019.[3]

Nanjing Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge 南京大胜关长江大桥
View from the river
Coordinates	31.97°N 118.64°E
Carries	G42 and G2503
Crosses	Yangtze River
Locale	Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed
Total length	1,288 m (4,226 ft)
Width	37.5 m (123 ft)
Longest span	648 m (2,126 ft)
History
Opened	October 7, 2005
Statistics
Daily traffic	60,000 vehicles (by 2025)
Location

Structure

The deck superstructure is an orthotropic box girder 3.2 m deep and 37.5 wide that accommodates three lanes of traffic in each direction. Also the bridge has a center lane used in case of emergency. The deck is supported by 168 stay cables. Each cable is formed by 109 to 241 wires 7 mm in diameter and 215 m in height.[4]

Funding

The bridge was financed by a joint venture of Chinese public-sector and corporate entities. China's Highway Planning and Design Institute, part of the Ministry of Communications, led the design team.

See also

• List of largest cable-stayed bridges
• List of tallest bridges in the world
• Yangtze River bridges and tunnels
• Media related to Nanjing Dashengguan Yangtze River Road Bridge at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. CUI Bing; MENG Fan-chao; FENG Liang-ping; DONG Meng. "Design and Fabrication of the Tower Column of Nanjing No.3 Yangtze River Bridge--《China Railway Science》2005年03期". en.cnki.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2013-05-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "定了！二桥三桥四桥成历史，南京5条过江通道更名！". 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
4. LI Jun-ping; LI Yi; CHENG Yu-hai. "Fabrication and Erection Techniques for Steel Pylons of the 3rd Nanjing Changjiang River Bridge--《Bridge Construction》2006年02期". en.cnki.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2015-10-06.