Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge

Double-decked road-rail truss bridge across the Yangtze River in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

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CrossesYangtze RiverLocaleNanjing, Jiangsu
ChinaOwner

People's Government of Nanjing
Shanghai Railway Bureau

CharacteristicsDesignDouble-decked truss bridgeMaterialSteelTotal lengthMain Bridge: 1,576 metres (5,171 ft)
Highway: 4,588 metres (15,052 ft)
Railway: 6,772 metres (22,218 ft)WidthHighway Bridge: 19.5 metres (64 ft) (with 4.5 metres (15 ft) pedestrian path)
Railway: 14 metres (46 ft)Height70 metres (230 ft)Longest span160 metres (525 ft)No. of spans10Piers in water9Clearance below24 metres (79 ft)HistoryDesignerMinistry of RailwaysConstruction start18 January 1960Construction end

Railway: 30 September 1968
Highway: 29 December 1968

ReplacesYangtze River Railway FerryStatisticsDaily traffic80,000 vehicles
200 pairs of trains ⁽²⁰¹¹⁾Location Map

The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge (simplified Chinese: 南京长江大桥; traditional Chinese: 南京長江大橋; pinyin: Nánjīng Chángjiāng Dàqiáo), previously called the First Nanjing Yangtze Bridge, is a double-decked road-rail truss bridge across the Yangtze River in Nanjing, Jiangsu, connecting the city's Pukou and Gulou districts. Its upper deck is part of China National Highway 104, spanning 4,588 metres (15,052 ft). Its lower deck, with a double-track railway, is 6,772 metres (22,218 ft) long, and completes the Beijing–Shanghai railway, which had been divided by the Yangtze for decades. Its right bridge consists of nine piers, with the maximum span of 160 metres (525 ft) and the total length of 1,576 metres (5,171 ft). The bridge carries approximately 80,000 vehicles and 190 trains per day.

The bridge was completed and open for traffic in 1968. It was the third bridge over the Yangtze after the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge and the Chongqing Baishatuo Yangtze River Bridge. It was the first heavy bridge designed and built using Chinese expertise.

Suicide site

According to state media, the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge surpassed the Golden Gate Bridge as the most frequent suicide site in the world, with more than 2,000 suicides estimated by 2006.^[1]^{[needs update]}

Gallery

Vehicles on the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge
Statue of first Yangtze river bridge at Nanjing
Scenery on the Yangtze river
Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge seen from the upstream right bank
Perspective of the double-column frame piers of the railway bridge approach structure
The Nanjing Yangtze Bridge in 2022

References

Notes

^ Sun Xiaoyu (September 28, 2006). 2000自杀者为何选择南京长江大桥？ [Why have 2,000 people killed themselves at the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge?]. People's Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2015.

Bibliography

Gao Mobo (2008). The Battle for China's Past: Mao and the Cultural Revolution. Pluto Press: Verso. ISBN 978-0-7453-2780-8.

External links

纪录片《南京长江大桥》 Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Documentary (Chinese language) (1969)
How to get to the Yangtze River Bridge
Yangtze River Bridge: The Historic Landmark of Modern Nanjing

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