Yangpu Bridge
Bridge in Shanghai, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bridge in Shanghai, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Yangpu Bridge (simplified Chinese: 杨浦大桥; traditional Chinese: 楊浦大橋; pinyin: Yángpǔ Dàqiáo) is a sister bridge to the Nanpu Bridge, both crossing the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China. Yangpu is among the world's longest bridges, with a total length of 8354 meters. Its longest span of 602 m makes it one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in the world. It carries the Inner Ring Road from the Yangpu District in Puxi to the Pudong New Area. It was completed in September 1993 and opened in October. It is the last vehicular bridge over the Huangpu River before the river empties into the sea.
Yangpu Bridge | |
|---|---|
| |
| Coordinates | 31°15′25″N 121°32′29″E |
| Carries | 6 lanes of Inner Ring Road |
| Crosses | Huangpu River |
| Locale | Shanghai, China |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | cable-stayed bridge |
| Total length | 8,354 metres (27,408 ft) |
| Width | 30.35 metres (100 ft) |
| Height | 223 metres (732 ft) |
| Longest span | 602 metres (1,975 ft) |
| History | |
| Construction cost | $259 million USD[1][unreliable source?] |
| Opened | October 1993 |
| Location | |
 | |
The bridge was designed by the Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute, Shanghai Urban Construction College, and Shanghai Urban Construction Design Institute, with assistance from Holger S. Svensson. It was built by the Shanghai Huangpujiang Bridge Engineering Construction company.
It is a double-tower and double-cable-stayed bridge, with the bridge proper (the part that spans the river) 1172 m long. Its 30.35 m width carries six lanes of traffic (three for each direction). Its two pylons reach 223 m in height. The highest ship clearance is 48 m, a necessity due to the heavy river traffic.
As of 2006, it carries more than 100,000 vehicles per day.
The two main abutments support high, upside-down Y-shaped towers (or pylons) from which the supporting cables are strung. There are two two-meter-wide sightseeing sidewalks on both sides of the bridge.
The bridge was originally unpainted; it was coated with red paint for the millennium. The name Yangpu Bridge (杨浦大桥) inscribed on each pylon was originally hand-written by Deng Xiaoping.
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
