Humen Pearl River Bridge

Humen Pearl River Bridge
虎门大桥
Coordinates 22°47′19″N 113°36′39″E / 22.788611°N 113.610833°E / 22.788611; 113.610833Coordinates: 22°47′19″N 113°36′39″E / 22.788611°N 113.610833°E / 22.788611; 113.610833
Carries G9411 Dongguan–Foshan Expressway
Crosses Pearl River
Locale Dongguan and Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Characteristics
Design Suspension bridge
Segmental concrete bridge
Total length 3,618 m (11,870 ft)
Longest span 888 m (2,913 ft) (suspension)
270 m (890 ft) (segmental)
History
Construction cost US$370 million (segmental)[1]
Opened 9 June 1997
Humen Pearl River Bridge
Location in Guangdong

The Humen Pearl River Bridge (simplified Chinese: 虎门大桥; traditional Chinese: 虎門大橋; pinyin: Hǔmén Dàqiáo; Jyutping: Fu2mun4 Dai6kiu4) is a bridge over the Humen, Pearl River in Guangdong Province, southern China. It consists of two main spans - a suspension bridge section and a segmental concrete section. It connects the Nansha District of Guangzhou to Humen Town of Dongguan. Completed in 1997, the suspension bridge has a main span of 888 meters, and the segmental concrete section's main span of 237 meters is among the longest such spans in the world.[2] It forms part of the G9411 Dongguan–Foshan Expressway.[3] A newer bridge known as Humen Erqiao (Chinese:虎门二桥), built to reduce the traffic problems on the Humen Bridge, is under construction.[4][5]

Features

The bridge is divided into five sections: the east approach, the suspension bridge section, the middle approach, the segmental concrete section, and the west approach. Hurricanes are common occurrences, so the design wind speed at the bridge deck level was established at 61 m/s.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Construction Facts - The Sourcebook of Statistics, Records and Resources" (PDF), Engineering News Record, McGraw Hill, vol. 251, Number 20a, November 2003, retrieved 9 August 2014
  2. ↑ "虎门大桥-港珠澳大桥管理局". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "虎门大桥". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "虎门二桥完成主桥基础建设 将转入下部结构施工(图)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  5. ↑ ""珠江第一桥"虎门二桥东莞段下月终于动工". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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