World famous bridges

World famous bridges

1. Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

The bridge is located between Kobe City and Awaji Island, Japan (135 degrees 01 minutes east longitude, 34 degrees north latitude 36 points), with a total length of 3911 meters and a main pier span of 1991 meters. Construction of the bridge started in May 1988. Completed in March 1998.

2. The Great Belt Bridge

The Great Belt Bridge, also called the Great Belt Bridge and the Storbolt Bridge, connects Zealand, where Copenhagen, the largest city in Denmark, is located. The island is connected to the island of Funen, where Odense, the third largest city, is located. The Dadai Bridge was completed and opened to traffic on June 14, 1998. The bridge project consists of three parts: a railway tunnel across the Eastern Channel, a highway viaduct and a road-rail bridge. The total length of the highway bridge is 6.8km. It is a suspension bridge with a main span of 1624m and two side spans of 535m each. The bridge deck has 4 lanes, the tower height is 254m, and the bridge deck is 75m above sea level.

3. Humber Bridge

The world-famous long-span (main span 1,410 meters) suspension bridge. The bridge spans the River Humber in England, between Hessle on the north bank and Barton on the south bank. The project started in March 1973, was completed at the end of 1980, and opened to traffic in July 1981. The north bank span is 280 meters long and the south bank span is 530 meters long. The approach bridge is a reinforced concrete viaduct.

4. Jiangyin Yangtze River Highway Bridge

Jiangyin Yangtze River Highway Bridge is my country’s first extra-large steel box girder suspension bridge with a span of more than 1,000 meters. It is also the “first in China and the third in the world” in the 20th century. Four" large steel box girder suspension bridge. Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge is located between Jiangyin City and Jingjiang City, Jiangsu Province, China. It is the planned location where the main north-south coastal line crosses the Yangtze River. The total length of the bridge is 3,071 meters, the bridge deck is designed according to six-lane highway standards, and the width is 33.8 meters.

5. Tsing Ma Bridge

Hong Kong’s Tsing Ma Bridge is the world’s longest suspension bridge for both driving and railway purposes, and the eighth longest suspension bridge in the world. suspension bridge. The main span of the bridge is 1,377 meters long, and the total length of the approach road is 2,160 meters. Construction of the Tsing Ma Bridge began in May 1992 and was opened to traffic in 1997.

6. Frezno Bridge

The Frezno Bridge in the United States is 4,176 meters long. It is a highway suspension bridge with a double-decker six-lane design. The bridge tower is 207 meters high, and the stiffening beam is a steel truss structure. The stiffening beam is 35 meters wide, 8.23 ??meters high, and the height-to-span ratio is 1/157. Construction started on August 13, 1959, and was completed on November 21, 1964.

7. Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge stands over the 1,900-meter-long Golden Gate Strait in San Francisco, California, USA. It lasted 4 years, used more than 100,000 tons of steel, and cost up to Completed at a cost of US$35.5 million, it is one of the world's most famous bridges and a miracle of modern bridge engineering. Construction began in January 1933 and was first completed and opened to traffic in May 1937.

8. Mekkin Narrows Bridge

The Mekkin Narrows Bridge is located in the Strait of Mackinac in Michigan, USA. It has a suspension span of 1,158 meters and a total span of 2,626 meters. , Japan used 49,500 metric tons of construction steel, and the steel cables alone weighed 9,900 metric tons. Built in 1957.

9. Minami-Bizen Seto Bridge

Minami-Bizen-Seto Bridge, with a main span of 1,100 meters, is located in Japan. The number of lanes is 6 for highways and 4 for railways, 1988 Built, the beam type is truss.

10. The Second Bosphorus Bridge

The Second Bosphorus Bridge is located in Turkey. It has 8 lanes and was built in 1988. The beam type is a box girder.