Anqing Yangtze River Bridge

Anqing Yangtze River Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge spanning 1,040 metres (3,410 ft) over the Yangtze River at Anqing, Anhui Province in eastern China.^[3][2] The bridge is 31.2 metres (102 ft) wide and carries four lanes of traffic on the G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway between Anqing north of the river and Dongzhi County in Chizhou prefecture to the south. The bridge opened on December 27, 2004 and was the 35th bridge across the Yangtze River between Yibin and Shanghai.^[2][1] The bridge required investment of ¥1.3174 billion.^[1]

Anqing Yangtze River Bridge 安庆长江大桥
Coordinates	30.499056°N 117.071361°E / 30.499056; 117.071361
Carries	4-lanes of G50 Huyu Expressway
Crosses	Yangtze River
Locale	Anqing, Anhui, China
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed
Total length	1,040 metres (3,410 ft)[1] 5,985 metres (19,636 ft) (including approaches)[2]
Width	31.2 metres (102 ft)
Height	185 metres (607 ft)
Longest span	510 metres (1,670 ft)
History
Construction start	2001
Construction end	2004
Opened	2004
Location

The Anqing Yangtze River Bridge is located 164 km (102 mi) downstream from the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge and 96 km (60 mi) upstream from the Tongling Yangtze River Bridge.^[1]

Wu Bangguo wrote the calligraphy for the bridge's name inscription.^[2]

See also

• List of largest cable-stayed bridges
• Yangtze River bridges and tunnels
• List of tallest bridges in the world