Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River Bridge

The Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River Bridge is a large cable-stayed bridge over the Yangtze River. The bridge carries 6 lanes of traffic between the Caidian District and the Jiangxia District of Wuhan, Hubei. A concurrency of expressways go over the bridge: The G4 Beijing–Hong Kong–Macau Expressway, the G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway, and the G4201 Wuhan Ring Expressway. The bridge, which was opened in 2001, is one of the largest cable-stayed bridges in the world.[1][2][3]

Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River Bridge 武汉军山长江大桥
Coordinates	30.374028°N 114.140278°E / 30.374028; 114.140278
Carries	G4 Beijing–Hong Kong–Macau Expressway G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway G4201 Wuhan Ring Expressway
Crosses	Yangtze River
Locale	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Other name(s)	Wuhan Bridge No. 4
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed
Total length	2,847 metres (9,341 ft)
Longest span	460 metres (1,510 ft)
History
Construction start	1998
Construction end	2001
Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River Bridge Location in Hubei

The bridge is named for Junshan (军山, "the Army Mountain"), a lone mountain on the left bank of the Yangtze upstream from the bridge.

References

1. "Nonlinear Earthquake-Response Analysis of Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River under Uniform and Non-Uniform Excitations". Retrieved February 14, 2013.
2. "武汉军山长江大桥". 中国桥梁网. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
3. 武汉军山长江大桥

See also

• Yangtze River bridges and tunnels
• List of largest cable-stayed bridges