Edong Yangtze River Bridge

Edong Bridge

鄂东长江大桥
Edong Bridge; 鄂东长江大桥
Coordinates	30°15′38″N 115°04′20″E / 30.2606°N 115.0722°E
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
Opened	2010
Location
	Interactive map of Edong 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.^[2] The bridge connects Huangshi and Xishui County and forms part of the G45 Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway and the G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway.^[3] Construction of the bridge started in 2008 and it was completed in 2010.^[4] With a main span of 926 m (3,038 ft) it is currently the fourth longest cable-stayed bridge in the world.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Peng, Xiao-bin; Chen, Xing—zhi (2009). "鄂东长江公路大桥桥塔设计" [Design of Pylons of Edong Changjiang River Highway Bridge]. Bridge Construction (in Chinese). 5. Wuhan: Hubei Provincial Communication Planning and Design Institute: 40–43. ISSN 1003-4722.
^ 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. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
^ "| Engineering News-Record".^{[permanent dead link]}
^ (Chinese) 鄂东长江大桥28日正式通车 Deprecated link archived 18 January 2015 at archive.today 2010-09-09
^ Edong Bridge at Structurae