The Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge () is a combined road and rail bridge across the

Yangtze River The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains (Tibetan Plateau) and flows ...

in the city of

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city a ...

, the capital of the

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The p ...

Province of China. The bridge crosses the Yangtze in the northeastern part of the city, a few kilometers downstream of the

Second Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge The Second Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge (, ''Wuhan Changjiang Er Qiao'') is a bridge across the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. It is located northeast (downstream) of the historic central area of the city's Hankou District and is the ...

. Its name is due to the Tianxing Island (天兴洲, Tianxingzhou), above which it crosses the river. Built at the cost of , the 4,657-meter cable suspension bridge was opened on December 26, 2009, in time for the opening of the

Wuhan railway station Wuhan railway station () is one of the three main passenger railway stations of Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei Province. It is located northeast of Wuhan's East Lake, near a small lake called Yangchunhu, and is adjacent to the 3rd Ring Road ...

. The bridges main span measures , the longest combined road and rail cable-stayed span in the world.

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The bridge is a combined road and rail bridge; it has 4 railroad tracks and 6 vehicular traffic lanes.China's new highway-railway bridge sets world records
www.chinaview.cn 2008-09-10 It is the northeastern (downstream) Yangtze crossing for Wuhan's Third Ring Road (the southwestern, upstream, crossing is the Baishazhou Bridge). there are at least half a dozen of road crossings of the Yangtze River in Wuhan, as well as a subway line under the river. The Tianxingzhou Bridge is only the second railway crossing. It carries the

Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway The Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway, also called the Wuguang high-speed railway and short for Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway, Wuhan–Guangzhou section, is a high-speed rail line, operated by China Railway H ...

across the river and allows trains to cross the river at speeds up to . It also makes it possible for some of the high-speed trains arriving to Wuhan from the east over the

Hefei–Wuhan railway The Hefei–Wuhan railway () is a high-speed railway in Chinese provinces of Anhui and Hubei, with trains running from Anhui's capital Hefei to Hubei's capital Wuhan. The railway opened on 31 December 2008, high-speed services started on April 1, ...

to cross the river and to reach Wuhan railway station (instead of their usual destination, Hankou railway station).

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Erqi Bridge The Erqi Yangtze River Bridge is a highway bridge over the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The bridge is long and carries eight lanes of traffic of the Second Ring Road. With two main spans of it is the world's longest double ...

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Bridges completed in 2009 Bridges in Wuhan Bridges over the Yangtze River Road-rail bridges in China Cable-stayed bridges in China Double-decker bridges

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