Yangmingtan Bridge

The Yangmingtan Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning 250 metres (820 ft) over the Songhua River in Harbin, China.

Yangmingtan Bridge
Coordinates	45.771744°N 126.519412°E / 45.771744; 126.519412
Carries	8 lanes of Harbin 3rd Ring Road
Crosses	Songhua River
Locale	Harbin
Characteristics
Design	Suspension bridge
Total length	7,133 metres (23,402 ft)
Height	80 metres (260 ft)
Longest span	250 metres (820 ft)
History
Construction start	December 25, 2009
Construction cost	1.882 Billion Yuan
Opened	November 6, 2011
Location

Collapse

A part of the newly inaugurated 15-kilometre-long (9.3 mi) bridge spanning the Songhua River collapsed on August 24, 2012, at 5 am, killing 3 people and injuring 2 others.^[1] Problems seem to have occurred due to the weight of trucks using the bridge. The bridge was designed to handle 55 tons, but the combined weight of heavy trucks, amounting to at least 500 tons, caused the bridge to collapse. The collapse was blamed mostly on the construction design and on the project's having been finished too quickly and on traffic controllers having allowed, onto the bridge, vehicles of excessive weight.^[2]

See also

List of longest suspension bridge spans