Bridge Name: | Dashengguan Bridge |
Native Name Lang: | zh-hans |
Carries: | 6 rail tracks: Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High-Speed Railway Nanjing Metro Line S3 |
Crosses: | Yangtze River |
Locale: | Nanjing, Jiangsu |
Design: | Arch Bridge |
Length: | 1615m (5,299feet) |
Mainspan: | 336m (1,102feet) (x2) |
Cost: | $537 million USD[1] |
Coordinates: | 31.9598°N 118.631°W |
The Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge crosses the Yangtze River in Nanjing, Jiangsu. Construction of the bridge started in 2006 and it was completed in 2010. The bridge has two main spans of 336m (1,102feet) it is one of the largest arch bridges in the world. It carries six tracks: two for the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway[2] (opened on 30 June 2011), two for the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu high-speed railway (opened on 22 January 2011) and two for line S3 of the Nanjing Metro (opened on 6 December 2017).