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Structure-ID: s0001751
Created on: 08/18/01
Modified on: 03/13/04


Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge

Built: 1995 - 1999
Status: in use
Location: Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China
Crosses: Yangtze River
Jiangyin Bridge
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Structural Type:
Suspension bridge
hollow box
Function / usage:
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge

Persons involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Project manager David Climie

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RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner Jiangsu Provincial Communications Department
Structural engineering Bridge Reconnaissance and Design Institute foundations
  Highways Planning and Design Insitute of the Ministry of Communication
  Jiangsu Province Communications Planning and Design Institute
Consulting Mott MacDonald
Construction Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co. Ltd. deck of main span
Contractor Dorman Long Technology Limited
  Kvaerner Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Sdn Bhd
  Second Navigational Engineering Bureau of the Communications Ministry
  Shanghai Foundation Engineering Co.
Steel construction Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co. Ltd.
Cables Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co. Ltd.
Cable steel supplier Bridon International

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
superstructure  steel
cables  steel
pylons  reinforced concrete
deck of approaches  prestressed concrete
Dimensions
  main span 1 385 m
  total length ca. 3 km
  clearance 50 m
pylon   pylon height 190 m
Quantities used in construction
  structural steel 35 300 t

Chronology
1995
Construction of substructures begins
November 1997
Construction of superstructure begins
September 1999
Opened to traffic

Relevant Literature
* Chen, Wai-Fah   Bridge Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton (USA) , ISBN 0849374340, 1999; pp. 63-35 - 63-36.
* Cortright, Robert S.   Bridging the World, Bridge Ink, Wilsonville (USA) , ISBN 0964196336, 2003.
* Young, Jeff   Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge, China, in "Bridge Engineering", March 2003, n. 1 v. 156 .
* Young, Jeffrey S.   Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge, China, in "Structural Engineering International", May 2000, n. 2 v. 10 .
* Zhou, Shi Zhong   Jiangyin Yangtze highway Bridge, presented at Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, IABSE Symposium, Kobe, 1998.
* Zhou, Shizhong   Construction of the Jiangyin Yangtze Suspension Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2004, n. 1 v. 14 .

 
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