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Chongming–Qidong Yangtze River Bridge or the Chongqi Bridge (), also called Chongqi Crossing Project (), is a bridge across the north fork of the
Yangtze River The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ) is the longest river in Eurasia and the third-longest in the world. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau and flows including Dam Qu River the longest source of the Yangtze, i ...
, near the river's mouth between
Chongming Island Chongming (), Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanized as Chungming, is an alluvial island at the mouth of the Yangtze, Yangtze River in East China covering as of 2010. Together with the islands Changxing Island (Shanghai), Changxing an ...
of
Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
and Qidong in
Jiangsu Province Jiangsu is a coastal province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the third smallest, but the fifth most populous, with a population of 84. ...
. This bridge, along with the Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel and Bridge to the south, forms the last crossing of the Yangtze River before the river empties into the
East China Sea The East China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China. China names the body of water along its eastern coast as "East Sea" (, ) due to direction, the name of "East China Sea" is otherwise ...
. The bridge carries the six-lane G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway, part of the National Expressway Network of the
People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
. The bridge connects Chenjia in Chongming County in the south with Qidong in the north, and was built from 2008 to 2011 at cost of RMB8.238 billion.(Chinese
"上海至启东车程一小时" ''Wenhui Bao''
2011-12-16 The project built of viaduct, including across the north fork of the river. As of December 2011, the bridge was the longest
box girder bridge A box girder bridge, or box section bridge, is a bridge in which the main beam (structure), beams comprise girders in the shape of a hollow box. The box girder normally comprises prestressed concrete, structural steel, or a composite ma ...
in China. The longest span is 185 meters. Major construction was completed on September 21, 2011 and the bridge opened to commercial traffic on December 24, 2011.(Chinese
"'长江入海第一桥' 崇启大桥24日正式建成通车" ''中国广播网''
2011-12-24


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 List of rivers of China, river and form a vital part of the Transport in China, country's transportation infrastructure. The river bi ...
* Chonghai Bridge


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Construction to begin on Shanghai-Jiangsu bridge
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