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Changtai Yangtze River Bridge
Project Name
Changtai Yangtze River Bridge (常泰长江大桥)
Location
Spans the Yangtze River, connecting Changzhou City and Taizhou City in Jiangsu Province, China. It is situated between the Taizhou Bridge and the Jiangyin Bridge .
Function
A large-scale, multi-functional river-crossing passage. It is currently the only highway-railway combined double-deck composite crossing on the Yangtze River . The upper deck carries a bidirectional six-lane expressway, while the lower deck features a bidirectional four-lane highway and a two-track intercity railway . The bridge significantly improves regional transport and reduces travel time between Changzhou and Taizhou from 1 hour 20 minutes to about 20 minutes .
Key Specs
- Type: Double-tower, five-span continuous steel-truss girder cable-stayed bridge .
- Main Span: 1,208 meters, making it the world’s largest-span cable-stayed bridge .
- Total Length: 10.03 kilometers across the river section; the highway-railway combined section is 5.3 kilometers long .
- Towers: Height of 350 meters (approx. 120 stories), using a “steel-concrete” hybrid structure with a spatial diamond shape .
- World Records: Also holds the record for the world’s largest-span highway-railway combined steel-truss arch bridge .
Construction & Investment Entities
- Main Contractor (for #6 pier & key sections): China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group Second Engineering Co., Ltd. (中铁大桥局集团第二工程有限公司). The company’s project department is directly responsible for the construction of the #6 main pier and related works .
- Other Major Contractors: CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. (中交二航局), the general contractor for the overall bridge project ; and CRBBI Baoyi (中铁宝桥扬州公司), responsible for the steel towers and steel truss girders .
Project Status
The bridge was officially opened to traffic on September 9, 2025 . As of late 2025, post-construction works, such as the removal of temporary construction facilities by the Second Engineering Co., Ltd., had been scheduled .
