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The Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel and Bridge is a
'' Shanghai Daily'', 2009-10-31, retrieved 3 November 2009 Their combined length is , forming part of the G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway.
/ref> The bridge has three road lanes in each direction, with a designed speed of . Room on both flanks of the bridge is reserved for a future metro line, line 19, so total deck width is .
Shanghai Yantze River Bridge&Tunnel Project Info Website
The world's largest bridge tunnel opened to traffic in Shanghai
SMG：采用最新科技 上海长江隧道做足安全文章新闻午报：上海长江大桥主塔封顶
{{Shanghai Bridges and Tunnels Bridge–tunnels in Asia Road transport in Shanghai Road tunnels in China Bridges in Shanghai Bridges over the Yangtze River Cable-stayed bridges in China 2009 establishments in China
bridge–tunnel
A bridge–tunnel is a persistent, unbroken road or rail connection across water that uses a combination of bridges and tunnels, and sometimes causeways, and does not involve intermittent connections such as drawbridges or ferries.
Bridge–tunne ...
complex across the south 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 mouth in Shanghai. The tunnel connects the Pudong
Pudong is a district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank, directly across from the west bank or Puxi, the historic city ...
District of Shanghai on the south bank of the river with Changxing Island, while the bridge connects Changxing Island with Chongming Island. In combination with the Chongqi Bridge (opened in December 2011), which connects Chongming Island to the north bank of the Yangtze, the bridge–tunnel complex forms the final crossing of the Yangtze before it empties into the East China Sea
The East China Sea is an arm of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China. It covers an area of roughly . The sea’s northern extension between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula is the Yellow Sea, separated b ...
.
The bridge and tunnel were built from 2005 to 2009 at a cost of 12.6 billion yuan (US$1.84 billion), and opened on 31 October 2009.Bridge-tunnel linking Chongming Island opens to traffic'' Shanghai Daily'', 2009-10-31, retrieved 3 November 2009 Their combined length is , forming part of the G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway.
Tunnel
The Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel starts on the south bank of the Yangtze at Wuhaogou,Pudong
Pudong is a district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank, directly across from the west bank or Puxi, the historic city ...
and ends in the south of Changxing Island. It is in length, and has two stacked levels. The upper level is for a motorway, and has three lanes in each direction, with a designed speed of . The lower level is reserved for a future Shanghai Metro
The Shanghai Metro (; Shanghainese: ''Zaon6he5 Di6thiq7'') is a rapid transit system in Shanghai, operating urban and suburban transit services to 14 of its 16 municipal districts and to Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. Served as a part of Shangha ...
line, Chongming Line
The Chongming line () is a rapid transit line on the Shanghai Metro that is part of the 2018–2023 Shanghai Metro plan. The Chongming line was previously treated as the last phase of Line 9, and was Line 19 until 2016, when it was renamed the ...
.
The tunnelling was completed using four tunnel boring machines, the largest of which was in diameter, long, and weighed 2,300t.
Bridge
The Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge starts at the tunnel exit, crosses Changxing Island at ground level, then crosses to Chongming Island, ending at Chenjia Town. It consists of two longviaduct
A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide v ...
s with a higher cable-stayed section in the middle to allow the passage of ships. The total length is , of which is road and bridge.
The overall shape of the bridge is not linear
Linearity is the property of a mathematical relationship (''function'') that can be graphically represented as a straight line. Linearity is closely related to '' proportionality''. Examples in physics include rectilinear motion, the linear r ...
but slightly sigmoid ("S" shaped).
The central cable-stayed span is about , the longest span of any bridge in Shanghai, and the tenth longest cable-stayed span in the world. The span arrangement is 92+258+730+258+72 m.Q.E. Deng, C.Y. Shao: Recent Major Cable-Stayed Bridges in Shanghai/ref> The bridge has three road lanes in each direction, with a designed speed of . Room on both flanks of the bridge is reserved for a future metro line, line 19, so total deck width is .
See also
*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 ...
* Hangzhou Bay Bridge, a bridge across the Hangzhou Bay connecting Jiangsu
Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...
and Zhejiang
Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...
provinces.
* Donghai Bridge
Donghai Bridge (Chinese: t , s , p ''Dōnghǎi Dàqiáo'', Wu ''Tonhe Dujiau'' "East China Sea Bridge") is a Chinese bridge counted among the longest cross-sea bridges in the world. It was completed on December ...
, a bridge from Shanghai to the island of Yangshan and the Yangshan Deepwater Port Yangshan could refer to the following places in China:
*Yangshan Port (洋山港), part of Port of Shanghai
*Yangshan Park Station (羊山公园站), a station on the Line No. 2 of the Nanjing Metro, opened on 28 May 2010
*Yangshan County (阳山 ...
in Hangzhou Bay.
* Yangpu Bridge
The Yangpu Bridge () is a sister bridge to the Nanpu Bridge, both crossing the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China. Yangpu is among the world's longest bridges, with a total length of 8354 meters. Its longest span of 602 m makes it one of the longe ...
, a cable-stayed bridge across Huangpu River
The Huangpu (), formerly romanized as Whangpoo, is a river flowing north through Shanghai. The Bund and Lujiazui are located along the Huangpu River.
The Huangpu is the biggest river in central Shanghai, with the Suzhou Creek being its maj ...
in Shanghai.
* Lupu Bridge, an arch bridge
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side. A viaduct ...
across Huangpu River
The Huangpu (), formerly romanized as Whangpoo, is a river flowing north through Shanghai. The Bund and Lujiazui are located along the Huangpu River.
The Huangpu is the biggest river in central Shanghai, with the Suzhou Creek being its maj ...
in Shanghai.
References
External links
Shanghai Yantze River Bridge&Tunnel Project Info Website
The world's largest bridge tunnel opened to traffic in Shanghai
SMG：采用最新科技 上海长江隧道做足安全文章
{{Shanghai Bridges and Tunnels Bridge–tunnels in Asia Road transport in Shanghai Road tunnels in China Bridges in Shanghai Bridges over the Yangtze River Cable-stayed bridges in China 2009 establishments in China