Twin River Bridges (Chongqing)
Twin River Bridges | |
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| Coordinates | 29°33′39″N 106°35′15″E / 29.560766°N 106.587403°E |
| Carries | Trains, motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles |
| Crosses | Yangtze, Yuzhong peninsula, & Jialing River |
| Locale | Chongqing, China |
| Owner | Chongqing City Construction Investment Corporation and Chongqing Rail Transit Corporation |
| History | |
| Designer | China Merchants Chongqing Communications Research & Design Institute Co., Ltd. and T. Y. Lin International |
| Construction cost | 1.37 billion ¥ (US$208.2 million) |
| Location | |
Dongshuimen Bridge 东水门大桥 | |
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| Coordinates | 29°33′39″N 106°35′14″E / 29.560806°N 106.587247°E |
| Crosses | Yangtze River |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Combination girder and cable-stayed bridge |
| Material | Steel |
| Pier construction | Concrete |
| Total length | 858 m (2,815 ft) |
| Longest span | 445 m (1,460 ft) |
| No. of spans | 3 |
| Piers in water | 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | April 1, 2014 |
| Location | |
Qiansimen Bridge 千厮门大桥 | |
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| Coordinates | 29°34′06″N 106°34′32″E / 29.568209°N 106.575610°E |
| Crosses | Jialing River |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Combination girder and cable-stayed bridge |
| Material | Steel |
| Pier construction | Concrete |
| Total length | 720 m (2,362 ft) |
| Longest span | 312 m (1,024 ft) |
| No. of spans | 4 |
| Piers in water | 1 |
| Location | |
The Dongshuimen Bridge (Chinese: 东水门大桥; pinyin: Dōngshuǐmén dàqiáo) and the Qiansimen Bridge (Chinese: 千厮门大桥; pinyin: Qiānsīmén dàqiáo), known collectively as the Twin River Bridges, are a pair of bridges that form a road and rail connection in Chongqing, China. Consisting of two cable-stayed bridges and a tunnel across the Yuzhong peninsula where the heart of Chongqing's commercial & financial district Jiefangbei CBD is located, the connection opened in 2014.