Xiling Yangtze River Bridge

The Xiling Yangtze River Bridge (simplified Chinese: 西陵长江大桥; traditional Chinese: 西陵長江大橋; pinyin: Xīlíng Chángjiāng Dàqiáo), is a suspension bridge over the Yangtze River, just a few kilometers downstream from the Three Gorges Dam. The bridge is located within Yiling District of the prefecture-level city of Yichang (Hubei Province of China), connecting the towns of Taipingxi and Letianxi (on the left, northern bank of the river) with Sandouping (on the right, southern bank).

Xiling Yangtze River Bridge
Coordinates	30.8285°N 111.0465°E
Carries	motor traffic
Crosses	Yangtze River
Locale	Yichang, Hubei, China
Characteristics
Design	gravity-anchored suspension bridge[1]
Width	20.6 metres (68 ft)[1]
Longest span	900 metres (3,000 ft)[1]
History
Designer	Bridge Reconnaissance and Design Institute
Construction start	December 1993
Construction end	1996[1]
Opened	August 1996
Location

The bridge is located some 50 km upstream (west) from Yichang main urban area (i.e., Xiling District). The construction started in December 1993 and was completed in 1996.[2] The bridge opened in August 1996.[3]) and had the longest bridge span across the Yangtze, of 900 meters. The total length of the bridge was reported as 1118.66 meters.[2] The bridge surface is 18 m wide, carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction.[2]

See also

• Yiling Bridge (near Yichang's center city)
• List of longest suspension bridge spans
• List of largest bridges in China
• Yangtze River bridges and tunnels

External links

• Xiling Bridge at Structurae
• Photo of the Xiling Bridge at China Railway Engineering Corporation
• Photos and location from Google Earth
• Another photo from Google Earth taken downstream

References

1. Xiling Bridge at Structurae
2. 西陵长江大桥
3. 西陵长江大桥 Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine (Xiling Changjiang Bridge) (in Chinese)