The Outer-ring Jiangjin Yangtze River Bridge, was Jiangjin Guanyinyan Bridge during construction, is a
cable-stayed bridge which crosses 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 ...
in near
Jiangjin
Jiangjin District (), one of the districts in the southwest of Chongqing, China, lies along the upper reaches of Yangtze River, and has a history extending back more than 1500 years. The district covers 3200 square kilometres and has a population ...
,
Chongqing
Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...
, China. Completed in 2009, it has a main span of placing it among the
longest cable-stayed spans in the world. The bridge carries six lanes of traffic between on the
G93 Chengdu–Chongqing Ring Expressway
The Chengyu Ring Expressway (), officially the Chengyu Region Ring Expressway () and designated G93, Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China. Mark rules of highway route and number of national trunk highway (GB/T 917-2017). ...
and
G5001 Chongqing Ring Expressway
The Chongqing Ring Expressway (), designated as G5001 and also known as the Outer Ring Expressway, is a ring expressway around the main urban area of Chongqing, China.
Overview
The Chongqing Ring Expressway has a total length of 184.97 kilomete ...
between the
Jiangjin District south of the Yangtze River and the
Jiulongpo District to the north.
See also
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List of largest cable-stayed bridges
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Yangtze River bridges and tunnels
The bridges and tunnels across the Yangtze River carry rail and road traffic across China's longest and largest river and form a vital part of the country's transportation infrastructure. The river bisects China proper from west to east, and ever ...
External links
*https://archive.today/20130221094424/http://english.cqnews.net/cqnews/200905/t20090521_3296046.htm
Bridges in Chongqing
Bridges over the Yangtze River
Cable-stayed bridges in China
Bridges completed in 2009
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