Xihoumen Bridge
| Xihoumen Bridge 西堠门大桥 | |
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 Xihoumen Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 30°03′42.00″N 121°54′22.90″E / 30.0616667°N 121.9063611°ECoordinates: 30°03′42.00″N 121°54′22.90″E / 30.0616667°N 121.9063611°E |
| Carries |
 Yongzhou Expressway |
| Crosses | Hangzhou Bay |
| Locale |
Jintang Island and Cezi Island, Zhejiang province,  People's Republic of China |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Suspension bridge |
| Height | 211 m (692 ft) |
| Longest span | 1,650 m (5,413 ft) |
| History | |
| Construction end | 16 December 2007 |
| Opened | 25 December 2009 |
The Xihoumen Bridge (simplified Chinese: 西堠门大桥; traditional Chinese: 西堠門大橋) is a suspension bridge built on the Zhoushan Archipelago, the largest offshore island group in China. The main span was completed in December 2007. [1] The entire bridge, along with Jintang Bridge, was opened to traffic on a test basis on 25 December 2009. [2] It is the second-longest suspension bridge ranked by the length of the centre span. The opening date was put off because of a ship collision on 16 November 2009 that slightly damaged the side of Jintang Bridge.
The 5.3-kilometre-long suspension bridge connection has a 2.6-kilometre-long main bridge with a central span of 1,650 metres. The approaches total 2.7 kilometres. When it opened, there was only one bridge with a larger span, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge in Japan.
The bridge was built by the province of Zhejiang, at a cost of 2.48 billion yuan (approximately US$363 million). Construction began in 2005, and the first traffic crossed the bridge on 25 December 2009, at 11:58 p.m., local time.
The Xihoumen Bridge links Jintang and Cezi islands. Another bridge, the 27-kilometer-long cable-stayed Jintang Bridge, links Jintang Island and Zhenhai of Ningbo. The two bridges are the second phase of a huge project started in 1999 to link the Zhoushan Archipelago to the mainland with five bridges. Construction of the other three bridges has been completed.
Notes
- ↑ "World's Longest Suspension Bridge with Steel Box Beams Opens to Traffic". The People's Government of Zhejiang Province. 2007-12-18. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ↑ "IABSE Workshop 2009 with Chinese Bridge Tour - Recent Major Bridges]" (PDF).
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xihoumen Bridge. |
- Xihoumen Suspension Bridge at Structurae
- Xihoumen bridge images and location at Google Earth
- "ZJ to build ld's 2nd longest suspension bridge". Zhejiang Online. March 4, 2005.
- diagrams and artist's depiction
- official announcement in People's Daily
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