Zhicheng Yangtze River Bridge

Zhicheng Yangtze River Bridge

枝城长江大桥
Coordinates30°17′10″N 111°31′35″E / 30.286086°N 111.526442°E / 30.286086; 111.526442
CarriesJiaoliu Railway
CrossesYangtze River
LocaleZhicheng, Yichang, Hubei, China
Characteristics
DesignTruss bridge
MaterialSteel
Total length1,742.3 metres (5,716 ft)
Longest span160 metres (520 ft)
History
Construction start1965
Construction end1971
Location

The Zhicheng Yangtze River Bridge is a road-rail truss bridge across the Yangtze River at Zhicheng, Hubei Province in central China. The bridge is 1,742.3 metres (5,716 ft) long and carries two tracks of the Jiaozuo–Liuzhou Railway and road traffic. The bridge, built from 1965 to 1971, was the third road-rail crossing on the lower 2,884 km (1,792 mi) of the Yangtze below Yibin.