Xihoumen Bridge
The Xihoumen Bridge (Chinese: 西堠门大桥) is a suspension bridge on the Zhoushan Archipelago, the largest offshore island group in China.
Xihoumen Bridge 西堠门大桥 | |
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Coordinates | 30°03′42.00″N 121°54′22.90″E |
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Crosses | Hangzhou Bay |
Locale | Jintang Island and Cezi Island, Zhejiang province, ![]() |
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 |
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Linking Jintang and Cezi islands, the bridge, together with the 27-kilometer cable-stayed Jintang Bridge linking Jintang and Zhenhai in the neighboring city of Ningbo, is part of the second and last phase of a bridging project started in 1999 to connect the Zhoushan Archipelago to the mainland via five bridges. The bridge forms part of the Yongzhou Expressway.
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Built by the province of Zhejiang at a cost of 2.48 billion yuan (approximately US$363 million), construction began in 2005 and the main span was completed in December 2007. The bridge was opened to traffic on a test basis on 25 December 2009, at 11:58 p.m., local time alongside the Jintang Bridge, before it is officially open for traffic.[1][2] The opening date was delayed due to a ship collision on 16 November 2009 that slightly damaged the side of Jintang Bridge.
The 5.3-kilometre suspension bridge connection has a 2.6-kilometre main bridge with a central span of 1,650 metres. The approaches total 2.7 kilometres. When built, it was the second-longest suspension bridge ranked by the length of the centre span after the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge in Japan.
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).
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