Edong Yangtze River Bridge

The Edong Yangtze River Bridge (Chinese: 鄂东长江大桥) is a cable-stayed bridge across the Yangtze River in Hubei Province in eastern China.^[1] The bridge connects Huangshi and Xishui County and forms part of the G45 Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway and the G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway.^[2] Construction of the bridge started in 2008 and it was completed in 2010.^[3] With a main span of 926 m (3,038 ft) it is currently^[update] the fourth longest cable-stayed bridge in the world.^[4]

Edong Bridge 鄂东长江大桥
Coordinates	30.260707°N 115.074438°E / 30.260707; 115.074438
Carries	G45 Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway
Crosses	Yangtze River
Locale	Huangshigang, Hubei, China
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed
Material	Concrete
Total length	span length 1,486 m (4,875 ft)
Width	33 m (108 ft)
Height	242.5 m (796 ft)
Longest span	926 m (3,038 ft)
History
Construction start	2008 (2008)
Opened	2010 (2010)
Location

See also

• Yangtze River bridges and tunnels
• List of largest cable-stayed bridges
• List of tallest bridges in the world

References

1. PENG Xiao-bin,CHEN Xing-zhi. "Design of Pylons of Edong Changjiang River Highway Bridge--《Bridge Construction》2009年05期". en.cnki.com.cn. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
2. "| Engineering News-Record".
3. (Chinese) 鄂东长江大桥28日正式通车 2010-09-09
4. Edong Bridge at Structurae