Taoyaomen Bridge

Taoyaomen Bridge
桃夭门大桥
Carries Yongzhou Expressway
Crosses Taoyaomen Channel
Locale Between Fuchi Island and Cezi Island, Zhoushan, Zhejiang province,  People's Republic of China
Characteristics
Design Cable-stayed
Total length 888 m
Width 27.6 m
Height 151 m (495 ft)
Longest span 580 m (1,903 ft)
Number of spans 7
Load limit 2000 t[1][2]
Clearance above 32 m
History
Construction begin March 2001[1]
Construction end April 2003[1]
Opened 2003
Statistics
Daily traffic 2 directions 4 lanes

The Taoyaomen Bridge (Traditional Chinese: 桃夭門大橋, Simplified Chinese: 桃夭门大桥, Pinyin: táo yāo mén dà qiáo), is a cable-stayed bridge located in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province of the PRC, that crosses the Taoyaomen Channel (Simplified Chinese: 桃夭门水道), linking Fuchi Island (Simplified Chinese: 富翅岛) and Cezi Island (Simplified Chinese: 册子岛).[1] It is the third bridge of the Zhoushan Islands-Linking megaproject (see: Zhoushan Trans-oceanic Bridges).[1]

Its seven spans are of 48m + 48m + 50m + 580m (main span) + 50m + 48m + 48m.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "桃夭门大桥(Taoyaomen Bridge)" (in Chinese). Zhoushan Science & Technology. 2007-06-19. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
  2. "桃夭门大桥(Taoyaomen Bridge)" (in Chinese). Dinghai News Agency. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2010-01-01.

Coordinates: 30°05′52″N 121°57′48″E / 30.09778°N 121.96333°E / 30.09778; 121.96333

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