Third Tongling Yangtze River Bridge
Third Tongling Yangtze River Bridge 铜陵长江三桥 | |
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The bridge in August 2025 from the Tongling side | |
| Coordinates | 30°51′02″N 117°43′28″E / 30.8506°N 117.7244°E |
| Carries | G3 – Beijing, Taipei Hewen HSR Tongling Rail Transit |
| Crosses | Yangtze River |
| Locale | Tongling, Anhui, China |
| Preceded by | Chizhou Yangtze River Rail-Road Bridge |
| Followed by | Tongling Yangtze River Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | 2 levels cable-stayed suspension bridge |
| Material | Steel, concrete |
| Total length | 11.877 km (7.380 mi) |
| Width | 35 m (115 ft)[1] |
| Height | west tower 253.5 m (832 ft) east tower 247.5 m (812 ft)[1] |
| Longest span | 988 m (3,241 ft)[1] |
| History | |
| Architect | Tongling Comprehensive Transportation Investment Group Co., Ltd.[2] |
| Designer | China Railway Bridge Institute[2] |
| Constructed by | China Railway Bridge Bureau[2] |
| Construction start | 4 January 2022 |
| Opened | 6 November 2025 (road)[2] |
| Location | |
Interactive map of Third Tongling Yangtze River Bridge | |
The Third Tongling Yangtze River Bridge (Chinese: 铜陵长江三桥), also called G3 Tongling Yangtze River Highway-Railway Bridge (Chinese: G3铜陵长江公铁大桥), is a bridge over the Yangtze River in Tongling, Anhui, China. The bridge is the longest two levels cable-stayed suspension bridge in the world when it opened in 2025.[3]
The two other Yangtze crossings in Tongling are the Tongling Yangtze River Bridge and the Tongling Yangtze River Road-railway Bridge.
Structure
The deck superstructure is a two levels truss deck 35 metres (115 ft) wide that accommodates three lanes of traffic in each direction on the upper level. The lower level has two railway tracks with a design speed of 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph) on the upstream side and two railway tracks with a design speed of 250 kilometres per hour (160 mph) on the upstream side.
The span arrangement is 127.5–131–988–131–127.5 metres (418–430–3,241–430–418 ft).
See also
- Bridges and tunnels across the Yangtze River
- List of bridges in China
- List of longest suspension bridge spans
- List of tallest bridges
References
- ^ a b c Xiao, Haizhu (2023). "G3铜陵长江公铁大桥主桥设计" [Design of Main Bridge of Tongling Changjiang River Rail-cum-Road Bridge Carrying a Section of G3 Expressway]. Bridge Construction (in Chinese). 53 (S2). Wuhan: China Railway Major Bridge Reconnaissance & Design Institute Co., Ltd.: 1–9. ISSN 1003-4722.
- ^ a b c d "我国首座双层斜拉—悬索协作体系大桥正式通车" [My country's first double-deck cable-stayed-suspension bridge with a combined structure officially opened to traffic]. Xinhuanet (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ^ "世界首座双层公铁两用斜拉-悬索协作体系大桥——铜陵长江三桥公路先行通车" [The world's first double-deck cable-stayed and suspension bridge with both road and rail uses—the Tongling Yangtze River Bridge No. 3—opens to traffic first]. China Railway Group Limited (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 January 2026.
External links
- 铜陵长江三桥 at Baidu Baike (in Chinese)