The Second Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge (万州长江二桥) is a
suspension bridge
A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (bridge), deck is hung below suspension wire rope, cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridg ...
over the
Yangtze River in
Wanzhou District of
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
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 ...
. Completed in 2004, it has a main span of places it among the
longest suspension spans in the world.
Accidents
On 29 October 2018, a bus plunged off the Second Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge into the Yangtze River, resulting in 13 deaths and 2 missing, without anybody confirmed alive.
See also
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List of longest suspension bridge spans
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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 ...
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References
Bridges in Chongqing
Bridges over the Yangtze River
Suspension bridges in China
Bridges completed in 2004
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