Wanxian Bridge, or Wanzhou Bridge (), is a reinforced concrete

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 ...

built over 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 1997. It is located in the vicinity of the

Three Gorges Dam The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, central China, downstream of the Three Gorges. The Three Gorges Dam has been the world' ...

Wanzhou Wanzhou District () is Chongqing's second most populated urban core area on the upper reaches of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in China. It is currently governed as a district of Chongqing Municipality, bordering Sichuan to the northwest ...

, Chongqing, China. The arch span is and the total length of the bridge is . The clearance height to the river below is however the full clearance is no longer visible as the reservoir created by the construction of the

has increased the height of the water. During the bridge construction, a concrete-filled tubular arch truss frame was built to support the weight of the concrete arch and embedded into the concrete arch. The Wanxian Bridge is the longest existing concrete arch bridge in the world, displacing the previous record holder, the Croatian

Krk Bridge Krk Bridge ( hr, Krčki most) is a long reinforced concrete arch bridge connecting the Croatian island of Krk to the mainland. Carrying over a million vehicles per year, it was the last tolled bridge in Croatia that is not part of a motorway un ...

. It is a major highway bridge with lanes for vehicles and pedestrians.

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Photo of bridgeBridge Engineering:A global perspective, p. 341-342
Bridges in Chongqing Bridges over the Yangtze River Arch bridges in China Bridges completed in 1997 Concrete bridges {{PRChina-bridge-struct-stub

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