The Egongyan Bridge 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 ...
which crosses 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 ...
in Chongqing, China. Completed in 2000, it has a main span of . The connects
Nan'an District
Nan'an District (), is one of the six central districts of Chongqing municipality, China. It covers an area of 262.43 km2, with 44 km2 covered with forests and woods. It has an estimated population of 891,000 in late 2017.
Geography
The ...
east of the Yangtze River with
Jiulongpo District
Jiulongpo () is a district forming part of the western part of the Chongqing urban core (). It covers an area of 432 km², with a resident population of 1.54 million and an urbanization rate of 94%. 2024 GDP is 206 billion yuan.
Location
Jiul ...
to the west. Originally, the bridge was built with to be six lanes wide with a pedestrian walkway on each side but was expanded to eight lanes in 2013.
The expansion removed the walkways. Pedestrian connectivity was restored in 2019 with the opening of the
Egongyan Rail Transit Bridge upstream which has a pedestrian walkway.
See also
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List of longest suspension bridge spans
The world's longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e., the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers). The length of the main span is the most common method of comparing the sizes of ...
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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 List of rivers of China, river and form a vital part of the Transport in China, country's transportation infrastructure. The river bi ...
External links
Photograph of Egongyan Bridge
Photograph of the bridge at nightPhotos and location from Panoramio
References
Bridges in Chongqing
Bridges over the Yangtze River
Suspension bridges in China
Bridges completed in 2000
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