Humen Pearl River Bridge
Humen Pearl River Bridge 虎门大桥 | |
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| Coordinates | 22°47′35″N 113°36′31″E / 22.7931°N 113.6086°E |
| Carries |  G9411 Dongguan–Foshan Expressway |
| Crosses | Pearl River |
| Locale | Dongguan and Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Suspension bridge Segmental concrete bridge |
| Total length | 3,618 m (11,870 ft) |
| Longest span | 888 m (2,913 ft) (suspension) 270 m (890 ft) (segmental) |
| History | |
| Construction cost | US$370 million (segmental)[1] |
| Opened | 9 June 1997 |
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The Humen Pearl River Bridge (simplified Chinese: 虎门大桥; traditional Chinese: 虎門大橋; pinyin: Hǔmén Dàqiáo; Jyutping: Fu2mun4 Dai6kiu4) is a bridge over the Humen, Pearl River in Guangdong Province, southern China. It consists of two main spans - a suspension bridge section and a segmental concrete section. It connects the Nansha District of Guangzhou to Humen Town of Dongguan. Completed in 1997, the suspension bridge has a main span of 888 meters, and the segmental concrete section's main span of 237 meters is among the longest such spans in the world.[2] It forms part of the G9411 Dongguan–Foshan Expressway.[3] A newer bridge known as Humen Erqiao (Chinese:虎门二桥), built to reduce the traffic problems on the Humen Bridge, is under construction.[4][5]
Features
The bridge is divided into five sections: the east approach, the suspension bridge section, the middle approach, the segmental concrete section, and the west approach. Hurricanes are common occurrences, so the design wind speed at the bridge deck level was established at 61 m/s.
Gallery
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Humen Bridge and Weiyuan Fort in the foreground -
View from the deck of the Humen Pearl River Bridge
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See also
References
- ^ "Construction Facts - The Sourcebook of Statistics, Records and Resources" (PDF), Engineering News Record, vol. 251, Number 20a, McGraw Hill, November 2003, retrieved 9 August 2014
- ^ "虎门大桥-港珠澳大桥管理局". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "虎门大桥". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "虎门二桥完成主桥基础建设 将转入下部结构施工(图)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ ""珠江第一桥"虎门二桥东莞段下月终于动工". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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