Chongming-Qidong Yangtze River Bridge or the Chongqi Bridge (), also called Chongqi Crossing Project (), is a bridge across the north fork of the

Yangtze River The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest list of rivers of Asia, river in Asia, the list of rivers by length, third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in th ...

, near the river's mouth between

Chongming Island Chongming, formerly known as Chungming, is an alluvial island at the mouth of the Yangtze River in eastern China covering as of 2010. Together with the islands Changxing and Hengsha, it forms Chongming District, the northernmost area of the ...

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

and Qidong in Jiangsu Province. This bridge, along with the

Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel and Bridge The Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel and Bridge is a bridge–tunnel complex across the south fork of the Yangtze River near the river mouth in Shanghai. The tunnel connects the Pudong District of Shanghai on the south bank of the river with Chan ...

to the south, forms the last crossing of the Yangtze River before the river empties into the East China Sea. The bridge carries the six-lane

G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway The Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway (), designated as G40 and commonly referred to as the Hushaan Expressway () is an expressway that connects the cities of Shanghai and Xi'an, Shaanxi. It is in length. The expressway was completed after Chongqi B ...

, part of the National Expressway Network of the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. The bridge connects Chenjia in

Chongming County Chongming District () is northernmost district of the provincial-level municipality of Shanghai. Chongming consists of three low-lying inhabited alluvial islands at the mouth of the Yangtze north of the Shanghai peninsula: Chongming, Changxi ...

in the south with Qidong in the north, and was built from 2008 to 2011 at cost of RMB8.238 billion.(Chinese
"上海至启东车程一小时" ''Wenhui Bao''
2011-12-16 The project built of viaduct, including across the north fork of the river. As of December 2011, the bridge was the longest

box girder bridge A box girder bridge, or box section bridge, is a bridge in which the main beams comprise girders in the shape of a hollow box. The box girder normally comprises prestressed concrete, structural steel, or a composite of steel and re ...

in China. The longest span is 185 meters. Major construction was completed on September 21, 2011 and the bridge opened to commercial traffic on December 24, 2011.(Chinese
"'长江入海第一桥' 崇启大桥24日正式建成通车" ''中国广播网''
2011-12-24

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Construction to begin on Shanghai-Jiangsu bridge
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