Erqi Yangtze River Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Erqi Bridge
Native Name Lang:zh
Carries:8 lanes of Wuhan Second Ring Road
Crosses:Yangtze River
Locale:Wuhan, Hubei, China
Engineering:CCCC Second Harbour Engineering Company LTD.
Design:Cable-stayed
Mainspan: x2
Begin:2008
Cost:7.284 Billion RMB
Coordinates:30.6276°N 114.342°W

The Erqi Yangtze River Bridge is a highway bridge over the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The bridge is long and carries eight lanes of traffic of the Second Ring Road. With two main spans of it is the world's longest double span cable-stayed bridge.[1] Construction of the bridge began in 2008 and the bridge was opened in .[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Two sections of Erqi Yangtze River Bridge joined in China's Wuhan . March 15, 2013.
  2. Web site: Wuhan Erqi Yangtze River Bridge Opened to Traffic . March 15, 2013.