The Qi'ao Bridge is a

cable stayed bridge 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 o ...

located in

Zhuhai Zhuhai; Yale romanization of Cantonese, Yale: ''Jyūhói''; Chinese postal romanization, also known as Chuhai is a prefecture-level city located on the west bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern ...

Guangdong Province ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

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 ...

. Opened in 1998, the bridge spans over the

Pearl River The Pearl River (, or ) is an extensive river system in southern China. "Pearl River" is often also used as a catch-all for the watersheds of the Pearl tributaries within Guangdong, specifically the Xi ('west'), Bei ('north'), and Dong ( ...

to Qi'ao Island. The bridge was intended as part of a proposed road link between Zhuhai and Hong Kong under the name Lingdingyang Bridge. However, the full scheme of the Zhuhai–Hong Kong link had not been approved by either the Chinese or Hong Kong governments at the time, and the project was later shelved in favor of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge.

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* Bridges in Guangdong Suspension bridges in China Bridges completed in 1998 Buildings and structures in Zhuhai Transport in Zhuhai Bridges over the Pearl River (China) {{Zhuhai-geo-stub