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Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge

Double-decked road-rail truss bridge across the Yangtze River in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Summary

Double-decked road-rail truss bridge across the Yangtze River in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Field	Value
name	Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge
native_name	南京长江大桥
native_name_lang	zh-Hans
image	南京长江大桥·东北.jpg
caption	Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, looking from the southeast bank to the northwest view.
carries
crosses	Yangtze River
locale	Nanjing, Jiangsu
China
owner
designer	Ministry of Railways
design	Double-decked truss bridge
material	Steel
length	Main Bridge: 1576 m
Highway: 4588 m
Railway: 6772 m
width	Highway Bridge: 19.5 m (with 4.5 m pedestrian path)
Railway: 14 m
height	70 m
mainspan	160 m
piers_in_water	9
below	24 m
begin
complete
traffic	80,000 vehicles
200 pairs of trains (2011)
replaces	Yangtze River Railway Ferry
spans	10
coordinates

China Highway: 4588 m Railway: 6772 m Railway: 14 m 200 pairs of trains (2011)

The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge (), 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 4588 m. Its lower deck, with a double-track railway, is 6772 m 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 160 m and the total length of 1576 m. 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

According to state media, the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge surpassed the Golden Gate Bridge as the most frequent suicide site in the world, with more than 2,000 suicides estimated by 2006.

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.

Gallery

file:Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge.jpg|Vehicles on the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge File:Statue-of-Yangtze.JPG|Statue of first Yangtze river bridge at Nanjing File:Yangtze-Ships.JPG|Scenery on the Yangtze river File:Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge 2.jpg|Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge seen from the upstream right bank File:PontNankin 01.JPG|Perspective of the double-column frame piers of the railway bridge approach structure File:南京长江大桥北引桥20221001.jpg|The Nanjing Yangtze Bridge in 2022

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References

link. Sun Xiaoyu. [[People's Daily]]. (September 28, 2006)
Bondi, OnScene. (2024-01-26). "The other side of suicide".

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