Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge

Taizhou Bridge 泰州长江大桥
Coordinates	32°14′48″N 119°52′36″E / 32.246611°N 119.876694°E / 32.246611; 119.876694Coordinates: 32°14′48″N 119°52′36″E / 32.246611°N 119.876694°E / 32.246611; 119.876694
Crosses	Yangtze
Locale	Taizhou, Jiangsu
Characteristics
Design	north bridge: suspension bridge south bridge: box-girder bridge
Total length	north bridge: 6,821 m (22,379 ft) south bridge: 2,905 m (9,531 ft) north bridge span length: 2,160 m (7,090 ft) south bridge span length: 965 m (3,166 ft)
Width	34.8 m (114 ft)
Height	192 m (630 ft)
Longest span	north bridge: 1,080 m (3,540 ft) x2 south bridge: 125 m (410 ft)x5
Number of spans	north bridge:2 main south bridge: 5 main
History
Opened	November 25, 2012 (2012-11-25)
Taizhou Bridge Location in China

The Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge is a bridge complex over the Lower Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province in eastern China. The bridge connects Taizhou on the north bank, Yangzhong on an island in the river, and Yaoqiao Village of Zhenjiang Municipality on the south bank, and consists of a suspension bridge across the north branch stream and a pair of box-girder bridges across the south branch stream. Taizhou Bridge Complex opened in 2012.

Altogether the Taizhou Bridge construction project was 62.088 km (38.580 mi) long. The north bridge is 6,821 m (22,379 ft), including a three-tower suspension bridge with a pair of 1,080 m (3,540 ft) suspension spans, and 4,661 m (15,292 ft) of connecting approaches. The south bridge is 2,905 m (9,531 ft) with box-girder spans of 85+125x3+85 = 545 m (1,788 ft) and 85+125x2+85=420 m (1,380 ft). The north bank has 8 km (5.0 mi) of connecting highway. Yangzhong Island has 2.94 km (1.83 mi) of highway and the south bank has 40 km (25 mi) of connecting highway.

The north bridge's double suspension spans are among the longest in the world.

The bridge won the 2013 Institution of Structural Engineers Supreme Award for structural engineering and the 2014 IABSE Outstanding Structure Award.

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