Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge How to get to Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge
1. Wuhan Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge, the largest highway railway bridge in the world, is the second highway railway bridge in Wuhan after Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge.
2. Wuhan Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge is located in Wuhan, Hubei Province. The bridge starts from Hankou Pinganpu in the northwest and ends at Wuchang Wuqing main road in the southeast.
3. The bridge is the sixth Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan, the second highway railway bridge, and the key project of Wuhan Third Ring Road.
4. The foundation of the bridge was laid in December 2003, commenced on September 28, 2004, closed on September 10, 2008, and opened to traffic on December 26, 2009.
5. The bridge is the largest highway railway bridge in the world. The lower floor is a railway that can run four trains in parallel, with a total investment of about 11.06 billion yuan.
6. In 2014, Wuhan Tianxingzhou Bridge won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award for "construction technology of three cable planes and three main trusses highway railway dual-use cable-stayed bridge". This project is the only bridge engineering project that has been awarded the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in recent three years.
7. Overview Wuhan Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge is a highway railway dual-use bridge. The project was jointly constructed by Wuhan City and the Ministry of Railways of China. The bridge is located 10 kilometers downstream of Wuhan Second Yangtze River Bridge, starting from Hankou Pinganpu in the northwest and ending at Wuchang Wuqing Main Road in the southeast. The main bridge is 4657 meters long, with a main span of 504 meters, a total of 8043 meters of highway leads, 60.3 kilometers of railway leads, and 91 piers in total, The total investment is about 11 billion yuan, of which the main span is 504 meters, surpassing the Danish Channel Bridge to become the longest span cable stayed bridge in the world.
8. Wuhan Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge is the second highway railway dual-use cable-stayed bridge after Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge. It is also the first large-span passenger cargo highway railway dual-use cable-stayed bridge built on the basis of 4-line railway in the world. It can simultaneously carry a load of 20000 tons, making it the largest highway railway dual-use bridge in the world.
9. At the same time, Wuhan Tianxingzhou Bridge is also the first long-span cable-stayed bridge in China that can meet the requirements of high-speed railway operation. Its four lines are Beijing Guangzhou high-speed railway and Shanghai Wuhan Chengdu passenger dedicated line, of which the design speed of Shanghai Wuhan Chengdu passenger dedicated line is 250km/h.
10. The upper layer is a 6-lane highway with a design speed of 80km/h; The lower floor is a railway that can run four trains in parallel, with a design speed of 200km/h.
11. The road approach bridge is 5.1 km long; The new railway line is 22.6 km long.
12. The main bridge of Wuhan Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge is 4657 meters long, with a main span of 504 meters. Four railway lines are laid on the bridge pavement. It is the first four line highway railway dual-use cable-stayed bridge in China, and has set four world firsts in span, load, speed and width.
13. Parameters Wuhan Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge is the first double tower, three cable planes and three main trusses cable-stayed bridge built on the basis of four line railway in the world. Its main bridge is 4657 meters long, with 91 piers in total. The total amount of concrete is about 850000 m3, of which the combined part of highway and railway is 2842 meters long.
14. The upper road is a six lane road with a width of 27m.