List of bridges in China explained

This list of bridges in China includes notable bridges. China has a long history in bridge construction. The oldest bridge still in existence in China is the Anji Bridge, constructed during the years between 595 and 605.

During the infrastructure boom of the past two decades, bridge-building has proceeded at a rapid pace on a vast scale. Prior to the completion of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge in 1957, there were no bridges across the Yangtze River, China's longest, from Yibin to Shanghai, and all overland roads and railways crossing this 2,884 km (1,792 mi.) stretch of the river had to be ferried. There were only seven such bridges in 1992, but that number reached 73 by the end of 2012, including eight new openings in that year alone.

China has been pushing the boundaries of bridge construction with many record breaking bridges, including:

• The Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge, the world's longest bridge measuring over .^[1]
• The Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan, the third-longest suspension bridge span.
• The Hutong Yangtze River Bridge in Jiangsu province, the second-longest cable-stayed span.
• The Duge Bridge, the highest bridge in the world.^[2]
• The, the longest arch bridge span.^[3]

Major road and railway bridges

This table presents the structures with spans greater than 1000 meters (non-exhaustive list).

List of bridges by province

Dedicated lists already exist for the following provinces : Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Anhui

• Anqing Bridge
• Anqing Railway Bridge
• Ma'anshan Yangtze River Bridge
• Taipinghu Bridge
• Tongling Bridge
• Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge

Beijing

• Baliqiao
• Beijing Grand Bridge
• Gao Liangqiao
• Jade Belt Bridge
• Marco Polo Bridge
• Sanyuan Bridge
• Shifeng Bridge

Gansu

• Zhongshan Bridge

Guangxi

• Chengyang Bridge
• Hongguang Bridge
• Ling-Tie Bridge
• Liujing Yujiang Bridge
• Sanan Yongjiang Bridge
• Wenhui Bridge
• Yonghe Bridge (Nanning)
• Yongjiang Bridge
• Yongjiang Railway Bridge under construction

Hainan

• Dinghai Bridge, an arch bridge of the Nandu River built in 2017
• Haikou Century Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge in Haikou city, crossing the mouth of the Haidian River, it links the main part of Haikou city to Haidian Island
• Haikou New East Bridge, an arch bridge over the Nandu River connecting Xinbu Island at the west to Dongying Town and the rest of the province at the east
• Nandu River Iron Bridge, a partially collapsed, steel truss bridge over the Nandu River
• Qinglan Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Wenchang. It is considered the most earthquake-resistant bridge in China being able to handle one at a magnitude of 8.5 on the Richter scale.^[4]
• Puqian Bridge, an under-construction bridge in the northeast part of Hainan, over the entrance to Dongzhai Harbor
• Qiongzhou Bridge, crossing the Nandu River, it serves as the main bridge from Haikou city to Haikou Meilan International Airport

Hebei

• Anji Bridge

Heilongjiang

• Yangmingtan Bridge

Henan

• Xuguo Bridge

Hunan

• Aizhai Bridge
• Akaishi Bridge under construction
• Dongting Lake Bridge
• Fuyuan Road Bridge^{[5] [6]}
• Lianxiang Bridge
• Lishui River Bridge
• Jingyue Bridge
• Maocaojie Bridge
• Sanchaji Bridge
• Wangchui Bridge
• Wangcun Bridge
• Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge
• Lucky Knot Bridge

Inner Mongolia

• Baotou Yellow River Bridge

Jiangxi

• Dongjin Bridge
• Jiujiang Bridge
• Jiujiang Fuyin Expressway Bridge
• Poyang Lake Bridge
• Shengmi Bridge

Jilin

• Changbai–Hyesan International Bridge
• Ji'an Yalu River Border Railway Bridge
• Lanqi Bridge
• Linjiang Yalu River Bridge
• Tumen Border Bridge
• Tumen River Bridge

Liaoning

• Fumin Bridge
• Liaohe Bridge
• Moon Island Bridge
• New Yalu River Bridge
• Sino–Korean Friendship Bridge

Ningxia

• Taole Yellow River Expressway Bridge

Qinghai

• Tuotuo River Bridge

Shaanxi

• Luohe River Bridge
• Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge

Shandong

• Binzhou Yellow River Bridge
• Luokou Yellow River Railway Bridge
• Jiaozhou Bay Bridge
• Jinan Third Bridge
• Jinan Yellow River Bridge
• Weiliu Bridge

Shanghai

• Chonghai Bridge
• Chongqi Bridge
• Donghai Bridge
• Lupu Bridge
• Minpu Bridge
• Nanpu Bridge
• Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge
• Waibaidu Bridge
• Xupu Bridge
• Yangpu Bridge

Shanxi

• Xianshen River Bridge

Tianjin

• Dagu Bridge
• Tianjin Eye
• Yonghe Bridge (Tianjin)

Tibet

• Chushul Chakzam
• Dazi Bridge
• Jiaolongba Bridge
• Sino-Nepal Friendship Bridge
• Tongmai Bridge

Xinjiang

• Guozigoui Bridge

Yunnan

• Duge Bridge
• Honghe Bridge
• Lancang River Railway Bridge under construction
• Liupanshui Bridge
• Longjiang Bridge under construction
• Nanpanjiang Bridge
• Puli Bridge
• Qiubei Nanpanjiang River Bridge under construction
• Jin'an Bridge under construction

Macau

• Ponte de Amizade

Notes and references

• Notes

• Web site: International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering . Nicolas Janberg . Structurae.com.

• Others references

See also

• Architecture of the Song dynasty
• Bridges and tunnels across the Yangtze River
• Transport in China
• China National Highways
• Expressways of China
• Rail transport in China
• Geography of China
• - List of bridges over the Haihe in Tianjin

Further reading

• Book: TABC . Timber arch bridges in China . Yang . Y. . Chen . B. . Gao . J. . September 2007 . Fuzhou University . 5th International Conference on Arch Bridges . 171–178.
• Book: OCCABC . An overview of concrete and CFST arch bridges in China . Chen . B. . September 2007 . Fuzhou University . 5th International Conference on Arch Bridges .
• Book: China's Major Bridges . Feng . Maorun . International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering keynote .
• Book: Gerner . Thangtong Gyalpo: Architect, Philosopher and Iron Chain Bridge Builder . Gerner . Manfred . Gregor . Verhufen . Centre for Bhutan Studies . 2007 . 978-99936-14-39-5 . Bhutanstudies.org.bt .
• 中 国 古 桥 学 . Chinese Ancient Bridge Studies . Beijing Mao Yisheng Science and Technology Education Foundation . pdf . zh . Mysf.org.cn .
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• Book: BCON . Bridges in China, Old and New: From the Ancient Chaochow Bridge to the Modern Nanking Bridge Over the Yangtze . Yisheng Mao . Foreign Languages Press . 1978 .
• Book: CB . Chinese Bridges . G. Knapp . Ronald . Oxford University Press . 1993 . Tuttle . 0195857283 .
• Book: Bridge Engineering Handbook . Chen . Wai-Fah . Duan . Lian . CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group . 2014 . Second Edition .
  • Book: ChenDuanHandbook1 . Fundamentals . 1 . 978-1-4398-5207-1. Chen . Wai-Fah . Duan . Lian . 24 January 2014 . CRC Press .
  • Book: ChenDuanHandbook2 . Superstructure Design . 2 . 978-1-4398-5221-7 . Chen . Wai-Fah . Duan . Lian . 24 January 2014 . CRC Press .
  • Book: ChenDuanHandbook3 . Substructure Design . 3 . 978-1-4398-5219-4 . Chen . Wai-Fah . Duan . Lian . 24 January 2014 . CRC Press .
  • Book: ChenDuanHandbook4 . Seismic Design . 4 . 978-1-4398-5218-7 . Chen . Wai-Fah . Duan . Lian . 24 January 2014 . CRC Press .
  • Book: ChenDuanHandbook5 . Construction and Maintenance . 5 . 978-1-4398-5208-8 . Chen . Wai-Fah . Duan . Lian . 24 January 2014 . CRC Press .
• Book: ChenDuanInternational . Handbook of International Bridge Engineering . Chen . Wai-Fah . Duan . Lian . CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group . 2014 . CRC Press . 978-1-4398-1029-3 .
• Book: Prade, Marcel . PradeMonde . Les Grands Ponts du Monde : Ponts Remarquables Hors d'Europe . 1990 . La Chine . 215 . Art et patrimoine . Poitiers . Brissaud . 2-902170-68-8 . fr .
• Book: Troyano . Bridge Engineering. A Global Perspective . Troyano . Leonardo Fernández . Thomas Telford Publishing . 2003 . London . 0-7277-3215-3 .

External links

• Web site: Suspension Bridges of China . bridgemeister.com .
• Web site: Highest bridges in the world . highestbridges.com.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Longest bridge : Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge . . June 2011 . 7 November 2022.
2. Web site: Highest bridge : Beipanjiang Bridge (Duge Bridge) . . 29 December 2016 . 7 November 2022.
3. Web site: Longest span arch bridge : Pingnan Third Bridge . . 28 December 2020 . 7 November 2022.
4. Web site: Wenchang Qinglan Bridge set to open for traffic by end of Sept - What's on Sanya . 2014-11-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141221131243/http://www.whatsonsanya.com/news-23505-wenchang-qinglan-bridge-set-to-open-for-traffic-by-end-of-sept.html . 2014-12-21 . dead .
5. News: Si Maogeng (Chinese: 斯茅庚) . 18 July 2013 . zh:福元路湘江大桥可直来直去(图) . http://roll.sohu.com/20130718/n381912274.shtml . 21 August 2020 . Sohu . zh.
6. News: 21 November 2012 . zh:福元路大桥成长沙第八座过湘江通道 . http://www.changsha.gov.cn/zfxxgk/fdzdgknr/zdxm/201211/t20121129_5620026.html . 21 August 2020 . Government of Changsha . zh.