| Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-Hans |
| Crosses: | Yangtze River |
| Locale: | Nanjing, Jiangsu China |
| Designer: | Ministry of Railways |
| Design: | Double-decked truss bridge |
| Material: | Steel |
| Length: | Main Bridge: 1576m (5,171feet) Highway: 4588m (15,052feet) Railway: 6772m (22,218feet) |
| Width: | Highway Bridge: 19.5m (64feet) (with 4.5m (14.8feet) pedestrian path) Railway: 14m (46feet) |
| Height: | 70m (230feet) |
| Mainspan: | 160m (530feet) |
| Piers In Water: | 9 |
| Below: | 24m (79feet) |
| Traffic: | 80,000 vehicles 200 pairs of trains (2011) |
| Replaces: | Yangtze River Railway Ferry |
| Spans: | 10 |
| Coordinates: | 32.1152°N 118.7388°W |
The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, previously called the First Nanjing Yangtze Bridge, is a double-decked road-rail truss bridge across the Yangtze River in Nanjing, Jiangsu, connecting the city's Pukou and Gulou districts. Its upper deck is part of China National Highway 104, spanning 4588m (15,052feet). Its lower deck, with a double-track railway, is 6772m (22,218feet) long, and completes the Beijing–Shanghai railway, which had been divided by the Yangtze for decades. Its right bridge consists of nine piers, with the maximum span of 160m (530feet) and the total length of 1576m (5,171feet). The bridge carries approximately 80,000 vehicles and 190 trains per day.
The bridge was completed and open for traffic in 1968. It was the third bridge over the Yangtze after the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge and the Chongqing Baishatuo Yangtze River Bridge. It was the first heavy bridge designed and built using Chinese expertise.
See also: List of suicide sites. According to state media, the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge surpassed the Golden Gate Bridge as the most frequent suicide site in the world, with more than 2,000 suicides estimated by 2006.[1]