The Longest Bridge in the World: the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge

단쿤 특대교( 丹昆特大橋) 

단양-쿤산 특대교( 丹陽-昆山特大橋)

Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge

 

 

단쿤 특대교(중국어: 丹昆特大橋) 또는 단양-쿤산 특대교(중국어: 丹陽-昆山特大橋)는 중화인민공화국 장쑤성에 위치한 교량으로, 징후 고속철도가 통과하며 길이는 164.8km이다.

 

단양-쿤산 대교  (Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge) 는 중국 장쑤성에 위치한 세계에서 가장 긴 다리입니다.

길이는 164.8km로, 베이징-상하이 고속철도의 일부 구간을 형성하며 상하이와 난징을 연결합니다.

길이: 164.8km (540,700 ft) , 세계에서 가장 긴 다리입니다.

 

Danyang-Kunshan grand bridge (Wuxi)

Total length :  164.8 kilometres (102.4 mi)

Width : 79 metres (260 feet) (Avg.)

Height : 30 metres (100 feet) (Avg.) 

단쿤 특대교는 중화인민공화국 장쑤성의 단양시와 쿤산시를 연결하며, 창저우시, 우시시, 쑤저우시 등 중요 도시를 통과한다. 장강 삼각주 안에 있으며, 쑤저우시에서 양청호를 건너는 약 9km의 구간이 있다. 이 다리는 2010년에 준공하여 2011년에 개통하였다. 기네스 세계 기록에 세계 최장 교량으로 등재되었다.

Quick Facts:

Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge was opened on June 30, 2011. The total cost of the project was $8.5 billion (U.S. dollars).

 

The construction of the bridge took 4 years to be completed with a workforce consisting of nearly 10,000 people.

 

The main purpose of the bridge is to solve the railway traffic in the area.

 

It is sturdy enough to withstand natural disasters like typhoons and up to a magnitude 8 earthquake, and also direct impacts from naval vessels that weigh up to 300,000 tons!

 

This bridge hosts a train line that runs between Shanghai and Nanjing in East China’s Jiangsu province.

 

For most of its journey, the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge follows the flow of the Yangtze River.

 

A 5.6-mile (9-kilometer) long section of the bridge spans over the open water of Yangcheng Lake. This section alone required 2,000 support pillars.

 

A total 450,000 tons of steel was used to construct this impressive structure.

 

The rail transport segment of this bridge named Langfang–Qingxian viaduct covers a distance of 70.8 miles (113.9 kilometers).

 

This bridge is also considered part of the Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway.

 

Since completion of this bridge, travel time from Ningbo to Jiaxing has reduced from 4.5 hours to just 2 hours!

 

The Longest Bridge in the World: Crossing the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, China

 

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 The Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge

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The Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge (simplified Chinese: 丹昆特大桥; traditional Chinese: 丹昆特大橋; pinyin: Dān-Kūn tèdà qiáo) is a 164.8-kilometre-long (102.4 mi) viaduct on the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway.  It is the longest bridge in the world.

 

Bridge

 

The bridge is located on the rail line between Shanghai and Nanjing in Jiangsu province. It is in the Yangtze River Delta, where the geography is characterized by lowland rice paddies, canals, rivers, and lakes. The bridge runs roughly parallel to the Yangtze River, about 8 to 80 km (5 to 50 mi) south of the river. It passes through the northern edges of population centers (from west to east) beginning in Danyang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, and ending in Kunshan. There is a 9-kilometre long (5.6 mi) section over open water across Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou.

 

Construction was completed in 2010 and the bridge opened in 2011. Employing 10,000 people, the project took four years and cost about $8.5 billion.

 

 The bridge currently holds the Guinness World Record for the longest bridge in the world in any category as of June 2011.

 

 

Designer

The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company designed and built the bridge. It is a Chinese government-funded company which was originally part of the Foreign Aid Office of the Ministry of Communications of China. This company leads major civil engineering projects in China like highways, railways, bridges, ports, and tunnels.