The Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River Bridge is a large cable-stayed bridge over the Yangtze River. The bridge carries 6 lanes of traffic between the Caidian District and the Jiangxia District of Wuhan, Hubei. A concurrency of expressways go over the bridge: The G4 Beijing–Hong Kong and Macau Expressway, the G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway, and the G4201 Wuhan Ring Expressway. The bridge, which was opened in 2001, is one of the largest cable-stayed bridges in the world.[1][2][3]
Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River Bridge 武汉军山长江大桥 | |
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| Coordinates | 30°22′27″N 114°08′25″E / 30.374028°N 114.140278°E |
| Carries |  G4 Beijing–Hong Kong and Macau Expressway  G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway  G4201 Wuhan Ring Expressway |
| Crosses | Yangtze River |
| Locale | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Other name(s) | Wuhan Bridge No. 4 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cable-stayed |
| Total length | 2,847 metres (9,341 ft) |
| Longest span | 460 metres (1,510 ft) |
| History | |
| Construction start | 1998 |
| Construction end | 2001 |
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The bridge is named for Junshan (军山, "the Army Mountain"), a lone mountain on the left bank of the Yangtze upstream from the bridge.
References
edit- ^ "Nonlinear Earthquake-Response Analysis of Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River under Uniform and Non-Uniform Excitations". Retrieved February 14, 2013.
- ^ "武汉军山长江大桥". 中国桥梁网. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
- ^ 武汉军山长江大桥
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