Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge
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The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge (Template:Zh), previously called the First Nanjing Yangtze Bridge, is a double-decked road-rail truss bridge across the Yangtze River in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China connecting the city's Pukou and Gulou districts. Its upper deck is part of China National Highway 104, spanning Script error: No such module "convert".. Its lower deck, with a double-track railway, is Script error: No such module "convert". long, and completes the Beijing–Shanghai railway, which had been divided by the Yangtze for decades. Its right bridge consists of nine piers, with the maximum span of Script error: No such module "convert". and the total length of Script error: No such module "convert".. The bridge carries approximately 80,000 vehicles and 190 trains per day.
The bridge was completed and open for traffic in 1968. It was the third bridge over the Yangtze after the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge and the Chongqing Baishatuo Yangtze River Bridge. It was the first heavy bridge designed and built using Chinese expertise.
Suicide site
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People who have survived the jump have had severe consequences including paralysis, organ damage, broken bones and lifelong pain. Many assume that the jump will cause instant death, but it isn't uncommon for jumpers to die from other causes, such as drowning or hypothermia after hitting the cold waters. [2]
Gallery
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Vehicles on the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge
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Statue of first Yangtze river bridge at Nanjing
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Scenery on the Yangtze river
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Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge seen from the upstream right bank
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Perspective of the double-column frame piers of the railway bridge approach structure
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The Nanjing Yangtze Bridge in 2022
See also
- Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge Nanjing's other railway bridge that carries the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway.
- Yangtze River bridges and tunnels
- List of bridges in China
- Beijing–Shanghai Railway
- Rail transport in China
- Passenger rail transport in China
References
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External links
- 纪录片《南京长江大桥》 Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Documentary (1969)Template:In lang
- How to get to the Yangtze River Bridge
- Yangtze River Bridge: The Historic Landmark of Modern Nanjing
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- Buildings and structures in Nanjing
- Bridges in Jiangsu
- Double-decker bridges
- Road-rail bridges in China
- Bridges completed in 1968
- Bridges over the Yangtze River
- Transport in Nanjing
- Truss bridges in China
- 1968 establishments in China
- Suicide in China
- 1968 in Nanjing