The Zhongzhou Yangtze River Bridge is a

cable-stayed A cable-stayed bridge has one or more ''towers'' (or ''pylons''), from which cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, normally forming a fan-like pattern ...

River A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...

Zhong County Zhong County or Zhongxian () is a county of Chongqing Municipality, China. The Shibaozhai Temple, which is endangered by the rising waters caused by the Three Gorges Dam, is located there. Zhong County has two Yangtze River crossings: the Zhongx ...

of Chongqing, China. Completed in 2009, the bridge carries traffic on the

G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway The Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway (), commonly referred to as the ''Huyu Expressway'' () is an east-west bound expressway that connects the cities of Shanghai, China in Yangtze River Delta, and Chongqing in western China. The expressway runs thr ...

. With a main span of , Zhongzhou Yangtze River Bridge is among the longest cable-stayed spans in the world. The bridge was constructed above the original river. The reservoir created by 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' ...

has increased the height of the water below the bridge and the clearance is reduced to when the reservoir depth is at it peak.

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*http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Zhongxian_Changjiang_Bridge

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Bridges in Chongqing Bridges over the Yangtze River Cable-stayed bridges in China Bridges completed in 2010 {{PRChina-bridge-struct-stub

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