Nanjing Qixiashan Yangtze River Bridge

(Redirected from Fourth Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge) Bridge in Jiangsu, China

Nanjing Qixiashan Yangtze River Bridge 南京栖霞山长江大桥

Coordinates	32°10′41″N 118°56′24″E / 32.1780°N 118.9401°E / 32.1780; 118.9401
Carries	G25 and G2503
Crosses	Yangtze River
Locale	Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Characteristics
Design	Suspension bridge
Total length	5,437 m (17,838 ft)
Width	34.0 m (112 ft)
Height	229 m (751 ft)
Longest span	1,418 m (4,652 ft)
History
Construction cost	6.8 billion yuan
Opened	December 24, 2012 (2012-12-24)
Location

The Nanjing Qixiashan Yangtze River Bridge, formerly Fourth Nanjing Yangtze Bridge, is a suspension bridge over the Yangtze River in Nanjing, China. The bridge is the 11th longest span in the world and the sixth largest in China. The bridge has renamed on 20 December 2019.

Jiangsu province's first suspension bridge, it lies 10 km downstream of the second Yangtze River Bridge. The bridge connects Hengliang town, a section of Nanjing Raoyue, Nanjing-Nantong Highway, Hongguang village, towns like Long Pao, Xianling and Qilin in Jiangning District, and a section of Raoyue and Shanghai-Nanjing Highway.

The 4th Nanjing Yangtze twin-tower bridge fashioned after standard expressway, boasts dual six-lane carriageway designed to maintain a 100–125 km an hour traffic.

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