Taoyaomen Bridge

The Taoyaomen Bridge (Traditional Chinese: 桃夭門大橋, Simplified Chinese: 桃夭门大桥, Pinyin: táo yāo mén dà qiáo), is a cable-stayed bridge located in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province of the PRC, that crosses the Taoyaomen Channel (Simplified Chinese: 桃夭门水道), linking Fuchi Island (Simplified Chinese: 富翅岛) and Cezi Island (Simplified Chinese: 册子岛).^[1] It is the third bridge of the Zhoushan Islands-Linking megaproject (see: Zhoushan Trans-oceanic Bridges).^[1]

Taoyaomen Bridge 桃夭门大桥
Coordinates	30°06′N 121°58′E / 30.1°N 121.96°E / 30.1; 121.96
Carries	Yongzhou Expressway
Crosses	Taoyaomen Channel
Locale	Between Fuchi Island and Cezi Island, Zhoushan, Zhejiang province,  People's Republic of China
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed
Total length	888 m
Width	27.6 m
Height	151 m (495 ft)
Longest span	580 m (1,903 ft)
No. of spans	7
Load limit	2000 t^[1]^[2]
Clearance above	32 m
History
Construction start	March 2001^[1]
Construction end	April 2003^[1]
Opened	2003
Statistics
Daily traffic	2 directions 4 lanes
Location

Its seven spans are of 48m + 48m + 50m + 580m (main span) + 50m + 48m + 48m.

See also

• Zhoushan
• G9211 Ningbo–Zhoushan Expressway

References

1. (in Chinese). Zhoushan Science & Technology. 2007-06-19. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
2. "桃夭门大桥(Taoyaomen Bridge)" (in Chinese). Dinghai News Agency. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2010-01-01.

Coordinates: 30°05′52″N 121°57′48″E / 30.09778°N 121.96333°E / 30.09778; 121.96333