Bosideng Bridge
Bosideng Bridge 波司登大桥 | |
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The Bosideng Bridge Under construction. | |
| Coordinates | 28°53′32″N 105°52′47″E / 28.892182°N 105.879717°E |
| Carries | G93 Chengdu–Chongqing Ring Expressway |
| Crosses | Yangtze River |
| Locale | Hejiang County, Sichuan, China |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | CFST arch bridge |
| Material | Steel, concrete |
| Total length | 841 metres (2,759 ft)[1] |
| Longest span | 530 metres (1,740 ft)[1] |
| History | |
| Construction end | 2012 |
| Location | |
Interactive map of Bosideng Bridge | |
The Bosideng Bridge (Chinese: 波司登大桥) is a highway bridge over the Yangtze River in Hejiang County, Sichuan, China. It was the third longest arch bridge in the world when opened with a span of 530 m (1,740 ft).[2][3] The bridge carries traffic on the G93 Chengdu–Chongqing Ring Expressway.
The bridge can be confused with another similar bridge, the Hejiang Yangtze River Bridge located a few kilometers upstream.
Construction
The Bosideng Bridge is a concrete filled steel tubular (CFST) arch bridge, at the time of construction it was the longest bridge of this design, surpassing the Wushan Yangtze Bridge.[1]
See also
- Bridges and tunnels across the Yangtze River
- List of bridges in China
- List of longest arch bridge spans
References
- ^ a b c Mou, Tingmin; Fan, Bikun; Tian, Bo; Tao, Qiyu (2010). "Scheme design of a 530m CFST arch bridge--the First Yangtze River Bridge in Hejiang, Sichuan, China" (PDF). ARCH'10 – 6th International Conference on Arch Bridges. Highway Network Planning, Survey and Design Research Institute, Transportation Department of Sichuan Province, China: 113–119.
- ^ "The world's largest steel arch bridge span Lu Chongqing high-speed connectivity - News". Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
- ^ Hao, Niebing; Gu, Anbang (August 2015). "500m级钢管混凝土拱桥施工控制" [Construction Control of 500 m Scale Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Arch Bridge]. Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University (in Chinese). 50 (4). School of Civil Engineering and Architecture，ChongqingJ iaotong University: 635–640. ISSN 0258-2724.