Yangmingtan Bridge

Yangmingtan Bridge
Coordinates 45°46′18″N 126°31′10″E / 45.771744°N 126.519412°E / 45.771744; 126.519412Coordinates: 45°46′18″N 126°31′10″E / 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 begin December 2009
Construction cost 1.882 Billion Yuan
Opened November 2011

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

Collapse

A part of the newly inaugurated 15-km long bridge spanning the Songhua River collapsed on 24 August 2012, killing three.[1]Problems seem to have occurred with the weight of trucks using the bridge.

See also

List of longest suspension bridge spans

References

  1. ↑ "Three dead in newly-built Chinese bridge collapse".
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, January 27, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.