The continuous steel truss arch bridge with tie girders has a height of 142 m (466 ft) from middle supports to arch top, main span of 552 m (1,811 ft) and a total length of 1,741 m (5,712 ft). It carries six lanes of traffic with a pedestrian walkway on each side on the upper deck. The lower deck has 2 traffic lanes on each side with the Chongqing MetroLoop Line running down the middle.[3][4]
Comparison of the side elevations of the Chaotianmen Bridge and some notable bridges at the same scale (click for interactive version)
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^Xue-wei DUAN, Design of Main Bridge of Chaotianmen Yangtze River Bridge 31 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Chinese-Croatian Joint Colloquium on Long Arch Bridges, Croatian University of Zagreb and University of FuZhou, 2008.
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chaotianmen, bridge, simplified, chinese, 朝天门长江大桥, traditional, chinese, 朝天門長江大橋, pinyin, cháotiān, mén, chángjiāng, dàqiáo, road, rail, bridge, over, yangtze, river, city, chongqing, china, bridge, which, opened, april, 2009, world, longest, through, arch, br. The Chaotianmen Bridge simplified Chinese 朝天门长江大桥 traditional Chinese 朝天門長江大橋 pinyin Chaotian men changjiang daqiao is a road rail bridge over the Yangtze River in the city of Chongqing China The bridge which opened on 29 April 2009 is the world s longest through arch bridge 2 Chaotianmen BridgeCoordinates29 35 20 N 106 34 38 E 29 588871 N 106 57721 E 29 588871 106 57721CarriesTrains Motor vehicles PedestriansCrossesYangtze RiverLocaleChongqing ChinaCharacteristicsDesignThrough arch bridgeTotal length1 741 m 5 712 ft Width36 5 m 120 ft Height142 m 466 ft middle supports to arch top Longest span552 m 1 811 ft HistoryConstruction startDecember 2004Construction cost3 2 billion Yuan 1 Opened30 April 2009LocationDrawing of elevationThe continuous steel truss arch bridge with tie girders has a height of 142 m 466 ft from middle supports to arch top main span of 552 m 1 811 ft and a total length of 1 741 m 5 712 ft It carries six lanes of traffic with a pedestrian walkway on each side on the upper deck The lower deck has 2 traffic lanes on each side with the Chongqing Metro Loop Line running down the middle 3 4 Comparison of the side elevations of the Chaotianmen Bridge and some notable bridges at the same scale click for interactive version See also Edit nbsp China portal nbsp Transport portal nbsp Engineering portalYangtze River bridges and tunnels List of longest arch bridge spansReferences Edit World s longest arch bridge opened to traffic in Chongqing China Internet Information Center Archived from the original on 21 January 2017 CulturalChina com Chongqing completes world s longest arch bridge Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine 30 April 2009 Xue wei DUAN Design of Main Bridge of Chaotianmen Yangtze River Bridge Archived 31 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine Chinese Croatian Joint Colloquium on Long Arch Bridges Croatian University of Zagreb and University of FuZhou 2008 RIA 1 2007 Chaotianmen Bridge world s longest span steel arch bridge Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback MachineExternal links EditChaotianmen Bridge at Structurae nbsp nbsp This article about a specific bridge or group of bridges in China is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chaotianmen Bridge amp oldid 1146509903, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
